PT-2018-18569 · Microsoft · Office+1

Codecolorist · Published 2018-08-15 · Updated 2018-10-23 · CVE-2018-8412

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue exists where the Microsoft AutoUpdate application for Mac fails to properly validate updates before executing them. This can lead to an elevation of privilege.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8412

Affected Products

Autoupdate

Office

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8412 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8412 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8412 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041484 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105014 · Note