CVE-2024-42220 (GCVE-0-2024-42220)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-12-18 22:40
Modified
2024-12-19 16:44
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Summary
A library injection vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook 16.83.3 for macOS. A specially crafted library can leverage Outlook's access privileges, leading to a permission bypass. A malicious application could inject a library and start the program to trigger this vulnerability and then make use of the vulnerable application's permissions.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Outlook Version: 16.83.3 for macOS
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