High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-1581
CVE-2020-1581
Description
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.
Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:x86:*range: 15.0.0.0
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 19.0.0
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1581nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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