Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products C2R (February 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 216321

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:

- Microsoft Office is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. (CVE-2025-21354, CVE-2025-21362, CVE-2025-21394, CVE-2025-21386, CVE-2025-21390, CVE-2025-21387, CVE-2025-21381)
- Microsoft Office is affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability. (CVE-2025-21364)
- Microsoft Office is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. (CVE-2025-21383)

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

Solution

For Office 365, Office 2016 C2R, or Office 2019, ensure automatic updates are enabled or open any office app and manually perform an update.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 216321

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_feb_excel_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/14/2025

Updated: 2/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21394

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21362

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:excel

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21354, CVE-2025-21362, CVE-2025-21364, CVE-2025-21381, CVE-2025-21383, CVE-2025-21386, CVE-2025-21387, CVE-2025-21390, CVE-2025-21394

IAVA: 2025-A-0105

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