CVE-2012-1894
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 - Privilege Escalation via World-Writable Directory Permissions
Title source: llmDescription
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 uses world-writable permissions for the "Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/" directory and certain other directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse executable file in one of these directories, aka "Office for Mac Improper Folder Permissions Vulnerability."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-192A.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-051
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15602
Scores
EPSS
0.0164
EPSS Percentile
74.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/office
2011
Published
Jul 10, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026