CVE-2020-0650

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Office (affected versions not specified) Office 365 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to errors in handling objects in memory. Exploitation of this issue could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the system, install programs, view or modify data, or create new accounts with full rights. Users with limited rights may be less affected. Exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with a vulnerable version of Microsoft Excel.

Recommendations For Microsoft Excel, consider restricting the use of the software until a fix is available. For Microsoft Office, avoid opening suspicious files until the issue is resolved. For Office 365, restrict access to potentially vulnerable components until a patch is released. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.