CVE-2023-29330
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Microsoft Teams was found to be vulnerable to a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-29330. The vulnerability affects Microsoft Teams for Desktop versions prior to 1.6.00.18681, Teams for Android versions up to 1.0.0.2023070204, Teams for MacOS versions up to 1.6.00.17554, and Teams for iOS versions up to 5.12.1. This security issue was disclosed and patched in August 2023 (NIST NVD, CERT-EU).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requires no privileges but does need user interaction, and can potentially result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NIST NVD).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on affected systems, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. The high CVSS score indicates that the vulnerability could lead to a complete compromise of the affected system (Qualys).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released patches to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest versions of Microsoft Teams: version 1.6.00.18681 or later for Desktop, version 1.0.0.2023070204 or later for Android, version 1.6.00.17554 or later for MacOS, and version 5.12.1 or later for iOS (NIST NVD).

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