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Microsoft Office: CVE-2019-0540: Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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Microsoft Office: CVE-2019-0540: Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/05/2019
Created
08/20/2020
Added
08/13/2020
Modified
06/26/2023

Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office does not validate URLs.An attacker could send a victim a specially crafted file, which could trick the victim into entering credentials, aka 'Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-office_2016-kb4462146
  • office-click-to-run-upgrade-latest

References

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