# CVE-2024-41159: Privilege escalation in OneNote

> Attackers can inject malicious libraries into Microsoft OneNote for macOS to bypass permissions and execute code with the application's privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vwj8-ggfw-43w9

## What is CVE-2024-41159?

CVE-2024-41159 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft OneNote, published on 18 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A library injection vulnerability exists in Microsoft OneNote 16.83 for macOS. A specially crafted library can leverage OneNote's access privileges, leading to a permission bypass. A malicious application could inject a library and start the program to trigger this vulnerability and then make use of the vulnerable application's permissions.

Weakness: CWE-347 (Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41159?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Onenote.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41159?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41159 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41159 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41159 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft OneNote

- [CVE-2014-2815](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2815/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-0197](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-0197/): Code injection in Office (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-33140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33140/): Microsoft OneNote Spoofing Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-21721](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21721/): Microsoft OneNote Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2016-3315](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3315/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41159 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41159 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft OneNote, published on 18 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41159 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft OneNote. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41159/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41159/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41159
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41159
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41159

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41159/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.