cve-2020-16955
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-16 22:18
Modified
2024-11-15 16:55
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16955Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16955Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R) Version: 15.0.0.0   < 15.0.5571.1000
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:x86:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:x64:*
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 Version: 19.0.0   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Version: 16.0.1   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
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