Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 11, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-0697
CVE-2020-0697
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office OLicenseHeartbeat task, where an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run this task as SYSTEM.To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to place a specially crafted file in a specific location, thereby allowing arbitrary file corruption.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the process validates the log file., aka 'Microsoft Office Tampering Vulnerability'.
Affected products
2- Range: 32-bit Systems
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
1- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0697mitrex_refsource_MISC
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