CVE-2025-29800 (GCVE-0-2025-29800)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-04-08 17:24
Modified
2025-06-04 17:53
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
Improper privilege management in Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29800Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac Version: 0   < 4.78
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