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CVE-2020-0653

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-0653 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, specifically affecting Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus, stemming from improper memory object handling. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but if exploited, could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not actively exploited (KEV: No) and lacking public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_365_proplus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2040 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Office 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Office 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Jan/CVE-2020-0653Important

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jan 14, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0653
PatchVendor Advisory