Lync for Mac 2011 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability - CVE-2018-8474 (Mac OS X)ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:71621 | Date: (C)2021-05-05 (M)2021-09-11 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: macos |
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Lync for Mac 2011 fails to properly sanitize specially crafted messages. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a targeted Lync for Mac 2011 user's system to browse to an attacker-specified website or automatically download file types on the operating system's safe file type list. For an attacker to exploit the vulnerability, a specially crafted message needs to be sent to a targeted user. The targeted user does not need to take any actions after receiving the message.
Platform: |
Apple Mac OS X 10.8 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.9 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.10 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.11 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.12 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.13 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.14 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.15 |
Product: |
Microsoft Lync 2011 for Mac |