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High MSRC-CVE-2024-43492 1 CVE

Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Sep 10, 2024 · Updated Sep 10, 2024

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

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