Bugs in Microsoft macOS apps open door to camera, microphone access

Bugs in Microsoft macOS apps open door to camera, microphone access

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Cisco Talos says eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft's macOS apps could be exploited by nefarious types to record video and audio from a user's device, access sensitive data, log user input, and escalate privileges.

macOS: NO CAMERA or MIC ACCESS for Zoom, Teams, …?

The vulnerabilities exist in Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams and Word, but Microsoft told Talos that it will not be fixed. All eight can be seen below:

CVE-2024-42220 (Outlook)

CVE-2024-42004 (Teams – Work or School) (Main App)

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