Vulnerability CVE-2020-1497

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-1497 (CCN-185919)

Assigned:

2019-11-04

Published:

2020-08-11

Updated:

2021-07-21

Summary:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka 'Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
4.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-200

Vulnerability Consequences:

Obtain Information

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-1497

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ms-excel-cve20201497-info-disc(185919)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security TechCenter - August 2020
Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Source: N/A
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
N/A

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:excel:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:-:*:*