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CVE-2020-1581 json

Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-12454

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Microsoft Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R) 15.0.5571.1000

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Exploit prediction

3.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Microsoft Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R)
  • Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019
  • Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

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