CVE-2018-8412

Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 15
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) application for Mac improperly validates updates before executing them, aka "Microsoft (MAU) Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_office2016 for Mac

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-345c-xx24-53p2: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) application for Mac improperly validates updates before executing t2022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2018-8412: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) application for Mac improperly validates updates before executing t2018-08-15

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Microsoft (MAU) Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2018-08-14
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