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Microsoft Office: CVE-2019-1449: Microsoft Office ClickToRun Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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Microsoft Office: CVE-2019-1449: Microsoft Office ClickToRun Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/12/2019
Created
08/20/2020
Added
08/13/2020
Modified
09/12/2023

Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in the way that Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle a specially crafted file, which could lead to a standard user, any AppContainer sandbox, and Office LPAC Protected View to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.To exploit this bug, an attacker would have to run a specially crafted file, aka 'Microsoft Office ClickToRun Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.

Solution(s)

  • office-click-to-run-upgrade-latest

References

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