<p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted file.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine handles objects in memory.</p>
Analysis
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Microsoft | Microsoft Office 2019 | affected |
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| Microsoft | Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise | affected |
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 EUVD |
EUVD-2020-8915 | <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a victim system.</p> <p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted file.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine handles objects in memory.</p> |
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000
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| Description | <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a victim system.</p> <p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted file.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine handles objects in memory.</p> | <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a victim system.</p> <p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted file.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine handles objects in memory.</p> |
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.800Z
Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-16957
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:16.587
Modified: 2026-02-23T18:21:31.347
Link: CVE-2020-16957
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