CVE-2016-7300
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Auto Updater for Mac allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file, aka "Microsoft (MAU) Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | auto_updater_for_mac | - | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94784
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94784
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148
CWEs
CWE-426
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.