{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8412 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8412 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-8412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 15 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-8412 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-8412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 15 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8412 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Office. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-8412/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-8412/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-8412","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-8412/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-8412","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-345c-xx24-53p2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Microsoft Office","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can gain elevated privileges by exploiting improper update validation in Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"microsoft","cpe":[{"product":"office_for_mac","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Microsoft Office","id":"CVE-2018-8412","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Code injection in Windows 10","id":"CVE-2018-8413"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Windows 10","id":"CVE-2018-8411"},"products":["Microsoft Office"],"published":"2018-08-15","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Code injection in Microsoft Office","id":"CVE-2018-8176","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-05-23"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7257","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-20"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["Microsoft"]},"summary":"Attackers can gain elevated privileges by exploiting improper update validation in Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-8412/"}