PT-2020-4377
CVE-2020-16929
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Published
2020-10-13
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Updated
2023-12-31
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
Microsoft Excel (affected versions not specified)
Description:
A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Excel software due to improper handling of objects in memory. This 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 affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Excel. This can occur through email or web-based attacks where the user is convinced to open the malicious file.
Recommendations:
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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