Vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Apps
CVE-2020-16928
<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>
EPSS: 0.034 (87.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Microsoft 365_apps
- Microsoft 365 Apps For Enterprise — versions 16.0.1
- Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-run (C2r) — versions 15.0.0.0
- Microsoft Office 2019 — versions 19.0.0
- Microsoft Office — versions 2013, 2019
References
- secure@microsoft.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-16928?
- CVE-2020-16928 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Apps. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-16.
- How severe is CVE-2020-16928?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.