CVE-2018-8412

CVE-2018-8412 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) for Mac, affecting Microsoft Office, where MAU improperly validates updates before execution. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, allowing an authenticated attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage. The EPSS score is low, suggesting a low probability of exploitation in the wild.