CVE-2020-16928
moderate-risk
Published 2020-10-16
<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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10.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 89% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 7.8/10
High
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Vendors
44
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
11/34 · Low
Exposure
9/34 · Low