Detections
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Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (March 2025)
high Nessus Plugin ID 232610
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Synopsis
The Microsoft Word Products are affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability.Description
The Microsoft Word Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities. An attacker can exploit these to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands.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 KB5002662 to address this issue.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 232610
File Name: smb_nt_ms25_mar_word.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 3/11/2025
Updated: 4/10/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24079
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:word
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-24078, CVE-2025-24079