PT-2020-1660 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Icewall + 1 · Published 2020-02-11 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0759

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Excel software due to improper handling of objects in memory. This can be exploited by an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the system, allowing them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. The exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Excel.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-00893

CVE-2020-0759

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0759 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/643935 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0759 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0759 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0759 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00893 · Security Note