CVE-2020-0991
published 2020-04-15CVE-2020-0991: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Office…
PriorityP345high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
11.83%
96.1th percentile
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0760.
Affected
47 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | access | — | — |
| microsoft | access | — | — |
| microsoft | access | — | — |
| microsoft | excel | — | — |
| microsoft | excel | — | — |
| microsoft | excel | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_office | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_office | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_office | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_office | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_office | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_office | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_office | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_office | — | — |
| microsoft | microsoft_office | — | — |
| microsoft | office | — | — |
| microsoft | office | — | — |
| microsoft | office | — | — |
| microsoft | office | — | — |
| microsoft | office_365_proplus | — | — |
| microsoft | office_365_proplus | — | — |
| microsoft | outlook | — | — |
| microsoft | outlook | — | — |
| microsoft | outlook | — | — |
| microsoft | powerpoint | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-9v72-4g4q-gqfc: A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly loads arbitrary type libraries, aka 'Microsoft Office Remote Code Execut
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2020-0760 [HIGH] CWE-20 GHSA-9v72-4g4q-gqfc: A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly loads arbitrary type libraries, aka 'Microsoft Office Remote Code Execut
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly loads arbitrary type libraries, aka 'Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0991.
GHSA
GHSA-c6pp-96qc-5hc5: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-0991 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-c6pp-96qc-5hc5: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0760.
Microsoft
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2020-04-14·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2020-0991 [HIGH] Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file w
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Unit42
Unit 42 Discovers 27 New Vulnerabilities Across Microsoft Products
blogs_unit42·2020-10-02·CVSS 7.8
[HIGH] Unit 42 Discovers 27 New Vulnerabilities Across Microsoft Products
## Overview
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 threat researchers have been credited with discovering 27 new vulnerabilities addressed by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), as part of its last nine months of security update releases.
## Vulnerabilities
The Microsoft vulnerabilities discovered included 27 vulnerabilities rated “important,” including Remote Code Execution, Privilege Elevation, Information Disclosure and one Denial of Service vulnerability.
The Unit 42 researchers credited are Zhibin Zhang, Tao Yan, Bo Qu, Gal De Leon, Haozhe Zhang, Bar Lahav, Yaron Samuel and Nadav Markus. Zhibin Zhang was also recognized as the top vulnerability discoverer in Q1 from the MSRC and most recently ranked 7th for the MSRC 2020 Q2 Security Leaderboard.
The recently discovered vulnerabili
Unit42
Unit 42 Discovers 27 New Vulnerabilities Across Microsoft Products
blogs_unit42·2020-10-02·CVSS 7.8
[HIGH] Unit 42 Discovers 27 New Vulnerabilities Across Microsoft Products
Threat Research Center
Threat Research
Vulnerabilities
## Unit 42 Discovers 27 New Vulnerabilities Across Microsoft Products
John Harrison
Published: October 2, 2020
Threat Research
Vulnerabilities
Microsoft
Microsoft Security Response Center
Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)
Privilege escalation
Remote Code Execution
## Overview
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 threat researchers have been credited with discovering 27 new vulnerabilities addressed by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) , as part of its last nine months of security update releases.
## Vulnerabilities
The Microsoft vulnerabilities discovered included 27 vulnerabilities rated “important,” including Remote Code Execution, Privilege Elevation, Information Disclosure and one Denial of Service v
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday — April 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
blogs_talos·2020-04-14·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday — April 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
By Jon Munshaw.
Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing vulnerabilities across many of its products and releasing corresponding updates. This month's Patch Tuesday covers 115 vulnerabilities. Nineteen of the flaws Microsoft disclosed are considered critical. The remainders are scored as being “important” updates.
This month’s security update covers security issues in a variety of Microsoft services and software, including SharePoint, the Windows font library and the Windows kernel. A Cisco Talos researcher discovered CVE-2020-0939, an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Media Foundation. For more, check out Talos’ full Vulnerability Spotlight here.
Talos also released a new set of SNORTⓇ rules that provide coverage for some of these vulnerabilities
Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday — April 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
blogs_talos·2020-04-14·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] Microsoft Patch Tuesday — April 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
## Microsoft Patch Tuesday — April 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
By Jon Munshaw.
Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing vulnerabilities across many of its products and releasing corresponding updates. This month's Patch Tuesday covers 115 vulnerabilities. Nineteen of the flaws Microsoft disclosed are considered critical. The remainders are scored as being “important” updates.
This month’s security update covers security issues in a variety of Microsoft services and software, including SharePoint, the Windows font library and the Windows kernel. A Cisco Talos researcher discovered CVE-2020-0939 , an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Media Foundation. For more, check out Talos’ full Vulnerability Spotlight here .
Talos also r
2020-04-15
Published