CVE-2020-0922

Microsoft COM for Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High · published September 11, 2020

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a target system.</p>

<p>To exploit the vulnerability, a user would have to open a specially crafted file or lure the target to a website hosting malicious JavaScript.</p>

<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04909 · 92.1th percentile
Published
2020-09-11T17:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 17:08Z
    Microsoft COM for Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    cvelistv5