CVE-2019-1205Microsoft 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
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

Affected Packages8 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/office_365_proplus16.0.0publication
CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_office_201919.0.0https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_office_2016_for_mac16.0.0publication
CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_office_2019_for_mac16.0.0publication
CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_office_online_server16.0.1publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3jff-2rmh-jjj7: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Word Remote2022-05-24
CVEList
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2019-08-14

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2019-08-13
CVE-2019-1205 — Microsoft vulnerability | cvebase