CVE-2020-1581

Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 17, 2020 at 07:13 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:01 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorOffice365 AppsOffice 2019

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges. The attacker would need to already have the ability to execute code on the system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle objects in memory.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

16.0.1 ≤ v < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases16.0.1
Affected range stops below https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
15.0.0.0 ≤ v < 15.0.5571.100015.0.0.0
Affected range stops below 15.0.5571.1000, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
19.0.0 ≤ v < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases19.0.0
Affected range stops below https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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