CVE-2020-0697

Published Feb 11, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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'.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-2190 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'.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
microsoft
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 6:11 AM
Reserved
Nov 4, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 11, 2020, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:46 AM