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CVE-2020-16955

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CVE-2020-16955

Published: Oct 16, 2020

Modified: Nov 15, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

<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>

VendorProductVersions

Microsoft

Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R)

affected
15.0.0.0 - < 15.0.5571.1000

Microsoft

Microsoft Office 2019

affected
19.0.0 - < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

Microsoft

Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

affected
16.0.1 - < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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