CVE-2020-16955HighCVSS 7.8
Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
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. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a user to open a specially crafted file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle these files.
🎯 Affected products6
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems
- Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions
- Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions
- Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
- Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
✅ Remediation
KBClick to Run (Security Update)