CVE-2024-41165 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Microsoft Word
Severity
9.1CRITICALNVD
CNA7.1
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 18
Latest updateDec 19
Description
A library injection vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word 16.83 for macOS. A specially crafted library can leverage Word's access privileges, leading to a permission bypass. A malicious application could inject a library and start the program to trigger this vulnerability and then make use of the vulnerable application's permissions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2