CVE-2024-43106: A library injection vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel 16.83 for macOS. A specially crafted library can leverage Excel's access privileges,...

7.1 CVSS

Description

A library injection vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel 16.83 for macOS. A specially crafted library can leverage Excel'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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-43106

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.1

Affected Products

Vendor: Microsoft

Product: Excel

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.48% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1976

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