title: Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
description: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) AppVLP handles certain files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges.</p>
<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a user to open a specially crafted file.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle these files.</p>
problem types: Elevation of Privilege
affected:
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R)
cpes: [cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:x86:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:x64:*]
platforms: [32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems]
versions:
version: 15.0.0.0, lessThan: 15.0.5571.1000, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Microsoft Office 2019
cpes: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platforms: [32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems]
versions:
version: 19.0.0, lessThan: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
cpes: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
platforms: [32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems]
versions:
version: 16.0.1, lessThan: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
metrics:
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
baseSeverity: HIGH
baseScore: 7
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
]