Executive Summary

Summary
Title Vulnerability in Microsoft Office for Mac Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2721015)
Informations
Name MS12-051 First vendor Publication 2012-07-10
Vendor Microsoft Last vendor Modification 2012-07-10
Severity (Vendor) Important Revision 1.0

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Revision Note: V1.0 (July 10, 2012): Bulletin published.

Summary: This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Office for Mac. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if a malicious executable is placed on an affected system by an attacker, and then another user logs on later and runs the malicious executable. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability.

Original Source

Url : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-051

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15602
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15602
Title: MS Office 2011 for Mac Improper Folder Permissions Vulnerability - MS12-051
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."
Family: macos Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-1894
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Apple Mac OS X
 Product(s): Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-07-11 Name : Microsoft Office Privilege Elevation Vulnerability - 2721015 (Mac OS X)
File : nvt/secpod_ms12-051_macosx.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-07-11 Name : An application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by an elevat...
File : macosx_ms12-051.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2014-02-17 11:47:23
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