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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (January 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214128

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this and bypass the security feature and perform unauthorized actions compromising the integrity and availability of the system/application.

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 the following updates to address these issues:
 - KB5002595
 - KB5002675

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002595

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002675

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214128

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_jan_office.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 1/14/2025

Updated: 1/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21346

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21346

MSFT: MS25-5002595, MS25-5002675

MSKB: 5002595, 5002675