CVE-2020-1581

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges. The attacker would need to already have the ability to execute code on the system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle objects in memory.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R)15.0.0.0 < 15.0.5571.1000affected
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office 201919.0.0 < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesaffected
MicrosoftMicrosoft 365 Apps for Enterprise16.0.1 < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesaffected

Weaknesses

  • Elevation of Privilege

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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