PT-2020-2155 · Microsoft · Office Excel+1

Dexter Li + 1 · Published 2020-04-14 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0906

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 could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user by using a specially crafted file. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Users with fewer user rights on the system may be less impacted.

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:2020-02059

CVE-2020-0906

ZDI-20-469

ZDI-20-470

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office

References · 9

• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/648017 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0906 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0906 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0906 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-470 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02059 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-469 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/11260 · Telegram Post