CVE-2020-16955
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) AppVLP handles certain files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a user to open a specially crafted file.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle these files.</p>
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R) | 15.0.0.0 < 15.0.5571.1000 | affected |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Office 2019 | 19.0.0 < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases | affected |
| Microsoft | Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise | 16.0.1 < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases | affected |
Weaknesses
- Elevation of Privilege
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
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