Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could elevate their privileges to perform commands as Root in the target environment.

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

Why is update 4.78 for Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac not available for download? Security update for Microsoft AutoUpdate 4.78 is not immediately available. The update will be released as soon as possible, and when it is available, customers will be notified via a revision to this CVE information.