An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges. The attacker would need to already have the ability to execute code on the system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle objects in memory.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-08-17T19:13:50

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:39:10.426Z

Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-1581

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-17T19:15:21.443

Modified: 2024-01-19T00:15:19.847

Link: CVE-2020-1581

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