Vulnerability · Published Dec 18, 2024 · Assigned by talos
CVE-2024-42220
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Outlook from Microsoft. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A library injection vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook 16.83.3 for macOS. A specially crafted library can leverage Outlook'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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-347 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N