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Unscored CVE-2020-0697 EUVD-2020-2190GHSA-2cgq-hh5m-vc66

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office OLicenseHeartbeat task, where an attacker who successfully exploited thi…

Published Feb 11, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office OLicenseHeartbeat task, where an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run this task as SYSTEM.To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to place a specially crafted file in a specific location, thereby allowing arbitrary file corruption.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the process validates the log file., aka 'Microsoft Office Tampering Vulnerability'.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus 32-bit Systems, 64-bit Systems —

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