CVE-2020-0697

High

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'.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Office 365 Proplus
PublishedFeb 11, 2020
First seenFeb 11, 2020

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
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CVE-2020-0697 · Microsoft Office 365 Proplus · Dark Radar