<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 Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-10-16T22:18:05

Updated: 2023-12-31T19:20:22.640Z

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


Link: CVE-2020-16955

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:16.477

Modified: 2023-12-31T20:15:58.507


Link: CVE-2020-16955

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