MacOS version of Poedit bundles a Python interpreter that inherits the Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) permissions
granted by the user to the main application bundle. An attacker with local user access can
invoke this interpreter with arbitrary commands or scripts, leveraging the
application's previously granted TCC permissions to access user's files in privacy-protected folders without triggering user prompts. Accessing other resources beyond previously granted TCC permissions will prompt the user for approval in the name of Poedit, potentially disguising attacker's malicious intent.
This issue has been fixed in 3.6.3 version of Poedit.
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Description | MacOS version of Poedit bundles a Python interpreter that inherits the Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) permissions granted by the user to the main application bundle. An attacker with local user access can invoke this interpreter with arbitrary commands or scripts, leveraging the application's previously granted TCC permissions to access user's files in privacy-protected folders without triggering user prompts. Accessing other resources beyond previously granted TCC permissions will prompt the user for approval in the name of Poedit, potentially disguising attacker's malicious intent. This issue has been fixed in 3.6.3 version of Poedit. | |
Title | TCC Bypass via Inherited Permissions in Bundled Interpreter in Poedit.app | |
Weaknesses | CWE-276 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CERT-PL
Published: 2025-05-22T09:59:30.632Z
Updated: 2025-05-22T13:23:51.275Z
Reserved: 2025-05-05T07:38:37.065Z
Link: CVE-2025-4280

Updated: 2025-05-22T13:23:47.249Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-05-22T10:15:55.400
Modified: 2025-05-23T15:55:02.040
Link: CVE-2025-4280

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