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    CVE-2024-41165

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

    Published:Dec 18, 2024
    Last Modified:Aug 22, 2025
    EPS:Dec 18, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.00307
    CVSS Score:7.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Word

    Exploits

    https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1977https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1977

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-463 Padding Oracle Crypto Attack
    CAPEC-475 Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High