# A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly loads arbitrary type libraries, aka 'Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

CVE record · `CVE-2020-0760`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2020-0760`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** microsoft
- **Technologies:** [Microsoft Project](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-project.md) · [Microsoft Office](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office.md) · [Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-365-proplus.md) · [Microsoft Excel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-excel.md) · [Microsoft PowerPoint](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-powerpoint.md) · [Microsoft Visio](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-visio.md) · [Microsoft Word](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-word.md) · [Microsoft Publisher 2016 (32-bit edition)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-publisher-2016-32-bit-edition.md) · [Microsoft Publisher 2016 (64-bit edition)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-publisher-2016-64-bit-edition.md) · [Microsoft Access](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-access.md) · [Microsoft Outlook](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-outlook.md) · [Microsoft Publisher 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-publisher-2013-service-pack-1-32-bit-editions.md) · [Microsoft Publisher 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-publisher-2013-service-pack-1-64-bit-editions.md) · [Microsoft Publisher](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-publisher.md)
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 15 Apr 2020, 15:12 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Project.
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2016 (32-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2016 (64-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office.
  - affected: `2019 for 32-bit editions`
  - affected: `2019 for 64-bit editions`
  - affected: `2016 (32-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2016 (64-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 RT Service Pack 1`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Office 365 ProPlus.
  - affected: `32-bit Systems`
  - affected: `64-bit Systems`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Excel.
  - affected: `2016 (32-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2016 (64-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 RT Service Pack 1`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft PowerPoint.
  - affected: `2016 (32-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2016 (64-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 RT Service Pack 1`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Visio.
  - affected: `2016 (32-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2016 (64-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Word.
  - affected: `2016 (32-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2016 (64-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 RT Service Pack 1`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Publisher 2016 (32-bit edition).
  - affected: `unspecified`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Publisher 2016 (64-bit edition).
  - affected: `unspecified`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Access.
  - affected: `2016 (32-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2016 (64-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Outlook.
  - affected: `2016 (32-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2016 (64-bit edition)`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2013 RT Service Pack 1`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Publisher 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions).
  - affected: `unspecified`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Publisher 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions).
  - affected: `unspecified`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Publisher.
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)`
  - affected: `2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.088, the 95th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 15 Apr 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2020-0760](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-0760)
- [NVD: CVE-2020-0760](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0760)

### References from the CNA

- <https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0760>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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