CVE-2018-8474 describes a security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Lync for Mac 2011, stemming from its failure to properly sanitize specially crafted messages. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-45936) exists for forced browsing/download, and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2011CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync_for_mac:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.