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Microsoft Office Privilege Elevation Vulnerability - 2721015 (Mac OS X)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Mac OS X Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.9

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS12-051.

Insight

Insight

The application being installed with insecure folder permissions and can be exploited to create arbitrary files in certain directories.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)