<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>

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.623Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-16928

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:15.117

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:26.657

Link: CVE-2020-16928

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