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CVE-2020-0697

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.90% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-02-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2020-0697
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.90%
Microsoft Office

Original NVD 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'.