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CVE-2020-0697

Published: 2020-02-11T22:15Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T04:54Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
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'. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt