VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-39804
A library injection vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint 16.83 for macOS.
CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 0.88%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A library injection vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint 16.83 for macOS. A specially crafted library can leverage PowerPoint'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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.88% probability · 57th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-347
- Affected
- microsoft/powerpoint
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1974Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1974Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.