01 Record
CVE-2020-16947
Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
02 Description
Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 33.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-10-16 00:00Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 13:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-08-04
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1ad7165e85c3cc13b62a069d0f38af49e9b494a86fc952e96fa2da1c6c1c3970
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MicrosoftMicrosoft Office 201919.0.0 to < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
MicrosoftMicrosoft 365 Apps for Enterprise16.0.1 to < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
06 References
- portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16947
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1250/
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1249/
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169961/Microsoft-Outlook-2019-16.0.13231.20262-Remote-Code-Execution.html