CVE-2019-1449High

Microsoft Office ClickToRun Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published
November 12, 2019
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in the way that Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle a specially crafted file, which could lead to a standard user, any AppContainer sandbox, and Office LPAC Protected View to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. To exploit this bug, an attacker would have to run a specially crafted file. The security update addresses how C2R components handle these files.

🎯 Affected products4

  • Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
  • Office 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems
  • Office 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems

✅ Remediation

KBClick to Run (Security Update)

🔗 References (1)