Microsoft Teams macOS Helper App Library Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2024-41138 Published on December 18, 2024

A library injection vulnerability exists in the com.microsoft.teams2.modulehost.app helper app of 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.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-41138 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

The software does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-41138

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Affected Versions

Microsoft Teams (work or school) Version 24046.2812.2722.8193 for macOS is affected by CVE-2024-41138

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.19%
Percentile
40.76%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.