VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-1894

CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.65%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-07-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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."

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