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Microsoft Office: CVE-2020-16955: Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Office: CVE-2020-16955: Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/13/2020
Created
10/14/2020
Added
10/13/2020
Modified
09/12/2023

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) AppVLP handles certain files, aka 'Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-16928, CVE-2020-16934.

Solution(s)

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

References

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