CVE-2012-1894
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."
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | office | 2011 | |
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-051
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15602
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-051
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15602
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.