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CVE-2020-16928

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Published: Oct 16, 2020Modified: Feb 23, 2026

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD (Secondary)

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>

Affected (3)

2 products
365 Apps
Office
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
All versions
Microsoft
Version 2013
Version 2019

References (2)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory

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