Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (February 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 216125

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2025-21383)

- A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2025-21387, CVE-2025-21390, CVE-2025-21392)

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

Solution

Microsoft has released the following updates to address these issues:
- KB5002179
- KB5002684
- KB5002686

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002179

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002684

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002686

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 216125

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_feb_office.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/11/2025

Updated: 2/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21390

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21390

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21383, CVE-2025-21387, CVE-2025-21390, CVE-2025-21392

MSFT: MS25-5002179, MS25-5002684, MS25-5002686

MSKB: 5002179, 5002684, 5002686