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Microsoft Silverlight Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (3058985) (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Mac OS X Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS15-049.
Insight
Insight
The flaw exists as the Silverlight improperly allows applications that are intended to run at a low integrity level (very limited permissions) to be executed at a medium integrity level (permissions of the current user) or higher.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft Silverlight version 5 on Mac OS X.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.