<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>
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2020-10-16T22:18:05
Updated: 2024-11-15T16:55:38.851Z
Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-16955
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.890Z
NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:16.477
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:30.287
Link: CVE-2020-16955
Redhat
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