CVE-2024-42004 Privilege escalation in Teams (work or school)
Attackers can inject malicious libraries into Microsoft Teams on macOS to bypass permissions and execute code with elevated privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-42004?
CVE-2024-42004 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Teams (work or school), 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 Teams (work or school) 24046.2813.2770.1094 for macOS. A specially crafted library can leverage Teams'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
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42004?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Teams.
How do I fix CVE-2024-42004?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42004 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-42004 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-42004 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Teams (work or school)
- CVE-2026-65667 Microsoft Teams Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-62896 Microsoft Teams Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-33823 Microsoft Team Events Portal Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-65767 Microsoft Teams for Android Spoofing Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-65768 Microsoft Teams Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-45pj-qv6g-f89w.