<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, a user would have to open a specially crafted file.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft COM for Windows handles objects in memory.</p>
Publication date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 22:15:00 +0000