Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-61229

HighLPE

Published: 01 December 2025

Published
01 December 2025
Modified
08 December 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0001 2.4th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-61229 is a high-severity Incorrect Default Permissions (CWE-276) vulnerability in Shirt-Pocket Superduper\!. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 2.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue in Shirt Pocket's SuperDuper! 3.10 and earlier allow a local attacker to modify the default task template to execute an arbitrary preflight script with root privileges and Full Disk Access, thus bypassing macOS privacy controls.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

shirt-pocket
superduper\!
≤ 3.10

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-276

The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.

addresses: CWE-276 CWE-284

Guides setting of default permissions to the minimum required level.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-276

Defines roles, responsibilities, and access rules for configuration management activities, making improper access to configuration resources harder to exploit.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-276

Baseline includes documented access control settings that are reviewed and maintained, reducing the ability to exploit improper access control.

addresses: CWE-276 CWE-284

Requiring the most restrictive settings instead of defaults prevents incorrect default permissions on resources.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-276

Explicitly requires protecting the configuration management plan from unauthorized disclosure and modification.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-276

The policy defines and enforces restrictions on physical access to resources, directly reducing improper access control.

addresses: CWE-276 CWE-284

Tailoring explicitly overrides or scopes default permission assignments in the baseline to match the system's actual risk and operational needs.

References