Microsoft Office 365 Apps for Enterprise/2013 C2R/2019 privileges management

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Office 365 Apps for Enterprise/2013 C2R/2019. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-1581. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Office 365 Apps for Enterprise/2013 C2R/2019 (Office Suite Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges. The attacker would need to already have the ability to execute code on the system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle objects in memory.

The weakness was presented 08/11/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-1581. The attack can be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges. The attacker would need to already have the ability to execute code on the system.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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• Office Suite Software

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• Microsoft

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• Office

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• 365 Apps for Enterprise
• 2013 C2R
• 2019

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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