CVE-2020-16955

Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High · published October 16, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
3%
Percentile
89.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) AppVLP handles certain files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges.</p>

<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a user to open a specially crafted file.</p>

<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle these files.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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
0.03482 · 89.1th percentile
Published
2020-10-16T22:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 22:18Z
    Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    cvelistv5