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Microsoft Office: CVE-2020-1240: Microsoft Excel: CVE-2020-1240

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Jul 14, 2020

Added

Aug 13, 2020

Modified

May 29, 2026

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

Solution

office-click-to-run-upgrade-latest

References

CVE-2020-1240
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-1240
EUVD-EUVD-2020-12119
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-12119

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