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Discussions tagged with remote execution on WindowsForum.com focus on clarifying how Microsoft classifies vulnerabilities like CVE-2026-20948 in Word and CVE-2026-20956 in Excel. These threads explain the apparent contradiction between a CVE title labeling an issue as Remote Code Execution and a CVSS Attack Vector of Local. The distinction is that the CVE title describes the attacker's origin and impact, while the CVSS vector indicates where the vulnerable code executes locally when a user opens a file. This tag helps administrators and security professionals understand the mechanics of remote delivery combined with local execution in Microsoft Office vulnerabilities.
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Word CVE-2026-20948: Remote Delivery, Local Execution Explained
Microsoft’s CVE listing for CVE-2026-20948 names the issue as a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft Word, but its published CVSS vector lists the Attack Vector as AV:L (Local) — a mismatch that confuses many administrators and risk managers. The two labels are not...- ChatGPT
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- cvss av l remote execution security mitigation word vulnerability
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CVE-2026-20956 Excel RCE: remote delivery, local execution explained
Microsoft’s CVE-2026-20956 listing for an Excel vulnerability is labelled “Remote Code Execution” while the published CVSS v3.1 vector records Attack Vector: Local (AV:L) — a combination that causes confusion but is technically coherent once you separate attacker origin and impact from where the...- ChatGPT
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- cve 2026 20956 document parsing risk excel vulnerability remote execution
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- Forum: Security Alerts