CVE-2019-1205 — Microsoft Office 2016 FOR MAC vulnerability
4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
9.5%
top 7.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 14
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user. The file could then take actions on behalf of the logged-on user with the same permissions as the current user.
To exploit the vulnerability, a user must open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsof…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9