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CVE-2025-24118 is a kernel vulnerability affecting Apple macOS Sonoma, macOS Sequoia, and iPadOS 17.x. The flaw was addressed through improved memory handling, indicating a memory-safety issue in the operating system kernel. A malicious application may be able to trigger unexpected system termination or perform writes to kernel memory. The vulnerability therefore exposes the kernel to corruption from an untrusted app context, with consequences ranging from denial of service to potentially more severe compromise depending on how the kernel memory write is controlled.
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This repository contains a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for CVE-2025-24118, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Apple macOS. The repository consists of a single C source file (TRAVERTINE.c) and a README.md with usage instructions. The exploit demonstrates a race condition in the kernel's credential management by rapidly toggling the real and effective group IDs in one thread while reading the group ID in another. This can cause the kernel to dereference invalid memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation or kernel memory corruption. The exploit must be compiled and set as a setgid binary owned by a group different from the user's effective group (e.g., 'everyone' on macOS). No network endpoints or remote attack vectors are present; this is a purely local exploit. The code is a PoC and does not provide a direct shell or privilege escalation, but demonstrates the vulnerability's trigger conditions.
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