PT-2020-2489 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Icewall + 1 · Published 2020-05-12 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0901

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

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 its failure to properly handle objects in memory. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by using a specially crafted document. If successfully exploited, an attacker could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. The impact would be more significant if the current user has administrative user rights, potentially allowing the attacker to take control of the affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

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:2020-02500

CVE-2020-0901

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 8

• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/650732 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0901 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0901 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02500 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0901 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0901 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/club1337/55 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/12237 · Telegram Post