PT-2020-1820 · Microsoft · Office Word+2

Published 2020-03-10 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0850

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Description A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Word software due to its failure to properly handle objects in memory. This can be exploited by an attacker using a specially crafted file, allowing them to perform actions in the security context of the current user. The exploitation requires a user to open the specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Word software.

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:2020-01084

CVE-2020-0850

Affected Products

Office Word

Sharepoint Foundation

Sharepoint Server

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0850 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0850 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0850 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0850 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01084 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0892 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1582 · Telegram Post