PT-2024-9382 · Microsoft · Office

Sandro Poppi · Published 2024-12-10 · Updated 2025-01-08 · CVE-2024-49059

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/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: The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Office. It is caused by incorrect handling of symbolic links before accessing a file. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

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

LPE

Race Condition

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-11072

CVE-2024-49059

Affected Products

Office

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-11072 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-49059 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49059 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49059 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49059 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-49059 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1868899055147102570 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/106762 · Telegram Post