CVE-2020-17020
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
3.3 Low
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
1.26%Down 3.3 points since Apr 14, 2021
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17020- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-8977
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2020-8977- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rxjg-cx74-h635
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-rxjg-cx74-h635- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17020- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-17020 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Microsoft Word, published November 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.26%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.