Security Advisory

CVE-2019-1449

9.8
CRITICAL

Vulnerability Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in the way that Office Click-to-Run (C2R) components handle a specially crafted file, which could lead to a standard user, any AppContainer sandbox, and Office LPAC Protected View to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.To exploit this bug, an attacker would have to run a specially crafted file, aka 'Microsoft Office ClickToRun Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.
Published Date November 12, 2019
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory