An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) application for Mac improperly validates updates before executing them, aka "Microsoft (MAU) Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-20049 An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) application for Mac improperly validates updates before executing them, aka "Microsoft (MAU) Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office.
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History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01478}

epss

{'score': 0.01422}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:54:36.290Z

Reserved: 2018-03-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-8412

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-15T17:29:10.283

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:13:46.493

Link: CVE-2018-8412

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