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Security Updates for Outlook (January 2025)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214117

Synopsis

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Microsoft has released KB5002656 to address this issue.

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002656

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214117

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_jan_outlook.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 1/14/2025

Updated: 1/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21357

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21357

MSFT: MS25-5002656

MSKB: 5002656