Vulnerability CVE-2020-16933
Published: 2020-10-16   Modified: 2020-10-17

Description:
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when it fails to properly handle .LNK files, aka 'Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.

Type:

CWE-755

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows 10 
Microsoft -> Windows 7 
Microsoft -> Windows 8.1 
Microsoft -> Windows rt 8.1 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2008 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2012 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2016 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2019 
Microsoft -> 365 apps 
Microsoft -> Office 
Microsoft -> WORD 

 References:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16933
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