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CVE-2020-1224 — <p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperl

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the user’s computer or data.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnera

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
25.02% (top 3.90%)
CWE
—
Published
2020-09-11T17:09:08.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T06:31:59.956Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

01What is this vulnerability?

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the user’s computer or data.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could craft a special document file and then convince the user to open it. An attacker must know the memory address…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftMicrosoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 115.0.0
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office 201919.0.0
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office 2019 for Mac16.0.0
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office Online Server16.0.1
MicrosoftMicrosoft 365 Apps for Enterprise16.0.1
MicrosoftMicrosoft Excel 201616.0.0.0
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office 2016 for Mac16.0.0
MicrosoftMicrosoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 213.0.0.0
MicrosoftMicrosoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 115.0.0.0
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office Web Apps 2013 Service Pack 115.0.0.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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