{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0984 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-0984 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-0984 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac, published on 15 Apr 2020. 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-2020-0984 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-0984 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac, published on 15 Apr 2020. 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-2020-0984 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac. 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-2020-0984/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-0984/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-0984","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-0984/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-0984","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7794-m8w6-jf63"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac","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":"autoupdate","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"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'.","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 AutoUpdate for Mac","id":"CVE-2020-0984","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Windows","id":"CVE-2020-0985"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Windows","id":"CVE-2020-0983"},"products":["Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac"],"published":"2020-04-15","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-55317","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-09-09"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-47968","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-10"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-29800","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-04-08"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-29801","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-04-08"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-21360","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-01-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-43492","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-10"}],"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":"2024-08-04","vendors":["Microsoft"]},"summary":"Attackers can gain elevated privileges by exploiting improper update validation in Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-0984/"}