Windows App for Mac Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Microsoft Windows App for Mac)

CVE-2026-21517
MEDIUM 4.7

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.38 % · percentile 32 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Windows App for Mac allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft · Windows App for Macaffected 11.0.0 < 11.3.2

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD