Library Injection Vulnerability in Microsoft Teams for macOS

CVE-2024-41138

Summary

CVE-2024-41138 is a library injection vulnerability found in the helper app of Microsoft Teams designed for work or school environments on macOS. This critical flaw allows an attacker to leverage Teams's elevated access privileges by injecting a specially crafted library into the application. If successfully executed, a malicious application can manipulate these permissions, potentially leading to unauthorized access or execution of sensitive functions within the Teams environment. Organizations using affected versions of Microsoft Teams on macOS are encouraged to implement recommended security patches promptly to mitigate risks associated with this vulnerability.

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