PT-2020-3988 · Microsoft · Office Excel+1

Jinquan · Published 2020-09-08 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-1224

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Excel (affected versions not specified)

Description: An information disclosure issue exists due to Microsoft Excel's improper handling of its memory contents. This could allow an attacker to compromise a user's computer or data by exploiting the vulnerability. To exploit this issue, an attacker would need to craft a special document file and convince a user to open it, requiring knowledge of the memory address location where the object was created.

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:2020-04382

CVE-2020-1224

Affected Products

Office Excel

Sharepoint Server

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1224 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04382 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1224 · Security Note