PT-2020-2264 · Microsoft · Office Word+1

Published 2020-04-14 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0980

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 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 could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file, performing actions in the security context of the current user. To exploit this issue, a user must open a 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:2020-02204

CVE-2020-0980

Affected Products

Office Word

Sharepoint Server

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0980 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0980 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0980 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02204 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0980 · Vendor Advisory