CVE-2020-1497Sensitive Information Exposure in Microsoft 365 Apps FOR Enterprise

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
28.5%
top 3.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 17
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the user’s computer or data. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could craft a special document file and then convince the user to open it. An attacker must know the memory address location where the object was created. The update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way certain Excel

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages10 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_excel_201616.0.0.0publication
CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_excel_2010_service_pack_213.0.0.0publication
CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_excel_2013_service_pack_115.0.0.0publication
NVDmicrosoft/excel2010, 2013, 2016+2
CVEListV5microsoft/microsoft_office_201616.0.0publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vf2x-qf2w-jf86: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka 'Microsoft Excel Information2022-05-24
CVEList
Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability2020-08-17

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability2020-08-11

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15693 tigervnc: Heap buffer overflow in TightDecoder::FilterGradient2020-01-13
CVE-2020-1497 — Sensitive Information Exposure | cvebase