CVE-2016-7300

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Auto Updater for Mac allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file, aka "Microsoft (MAU) Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-7300

Assigner
secure@microsoft.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-12-20T06:59:01

Last Modified Date
2018-10-12T22:14:39

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-426	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:auto_updater_for_mac:-:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.6

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94784	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7300
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7300

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:21:49				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:33:33	2016-12-20T06:59Z	2016-12-20T06:59:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:33:33		2018-10-12T22:14:39	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:33:33		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated