PT-2020-3814 · Microsoft · Office Excel+3

Published 2020-08-11 · Updated 2024-01-19 · CVE-2020-1495

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 versions (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Office Online Server versions (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Excel versions (affected versions not specified) Microsoft SharePoint Server versions (affected versions not specified) SharePoint Enterprise Server versions (affected versions not specified)

Description: A remote code execution issue exists in the software when it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploits the issue could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Exploitation of the issue requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of the 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:2020-04176

CVE-2020-1495

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office

Office Online Server

Sharepoint Server

References · 5

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1495 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1495 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1495 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1495 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04176 · Security Note