PT-2020-3714 · Microsoft · Office Click-To-Run

Published 2020-08-11 · Updated 2024-01-19 · CVE-2020-1581

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 Office Click-to-Run (C2R) (affected versions not specified)

Description: An elevation of privilege issue exists due to the way Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to elevate privileges if they can execute code on the system. The attacker could exploit this by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.

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

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04072

CVE-2020-1581

ZDI-20-1000

Affected Products

Office Click-To-Run

References · 6

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1581 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1581 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1581 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1000 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04072 · Security Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.159598 · Note