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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-16934

CVE-2020-16934

Description

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. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a user to open a specially crafted file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle these files.

Affected products

6
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Officev53 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:x86:*+ 2 more
    • 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:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2013_click-to-run:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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