CVE-2012-1894
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-07-10 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:17
Severity ?
Summary
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 uses world-writable permissions for the "Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/" directory and certain other directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse executable file in one of these directories, aka "Office for Mac Improper Folder Permissions Vulnerability."
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.htmlUS Government Resource
secure@microsoft.comhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-051
secure@microsoft.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15602
Impacted products
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