Description
<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>
Published: 2020-10-16
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 10.9% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Description <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> <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>

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.04749}

epss

{'score': 0.08331}


Subscriptions

Microsoft 365 Apps Office
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.623Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-16928

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:15.117

Modified: 2026-02-23T18:21:25.607

Link: CVE-2020-16928

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