Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How can I find out what version of Teams I am running?
Select the three dots (...) at the top right of the Teams window.
Select Settings
Select About, then Version.
The version will be displayed in a ribbon at the top of the Teams application.
You can get the latest version from the Settings menu by selecting Check for updates.
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could elevate their privileges to perform commands as Root in the target environment.
Security updates
4.72 — https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Check-for-Office-for-Mac-updates-automatically-bfd1e497-c24d-4754-92ab-910a4074d7c1
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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References
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CVE-2024-43492 Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43492
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss