PT-2020-3716 · Microsoft · Office Word+1

Haifei Li · Published 2020-08-11 · Updated 2024-01-19 · CVE-2020-1583

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: An information disclosure issue exists due to Microsoft Word's improper handling of objects in memory. This could allow a remote attacker to disclose protected information. The attacker could exploit this by crafting a special document file and convincing the user to open it, potentially using the disclosed information to compromise the user's computer or data.

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

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04074

CVE-2020-1583

Affected Products

Office Word

Sharepoint Server

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1583 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04074 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1583 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1583 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://vuldb.com/?id.159569 · Note