Remote code execution via malformed document objects
Published Mar 12, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Memory corruption in Microsoft Word allows remote attackers to execute code when a user opens a crafted Office document. Microsoft has not disclosed the object type, parser, or incorrect memory operation beyond improper handling of objects in memory. Exploitation requires user interaction or server-side document processing and runs code in the affected application's security context.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in Microsoft Word allows remote attackers to execute code when a user opens a crafted Office document. Microsoft has not disclosed the object type, parser, or incorrect memory operation beyond improper handling of objects in memory. Exploitation requires user interaction or server-side document processing and runs code in the affected application's security context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-0850
- Published
- Mar 12, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Word
- Classifications
- T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 12, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2013 RT Service Pack 1
- Affected versionversion=2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Affected versionversion=2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- Affected versionversion=2016 (32-bit edition)
- Affected versionversion=2016 (64-bit edition)
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