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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (March 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 232699

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office 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 the following updates to address these issues:
 - KB5002693
 - KB5002694

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002693

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002694

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 232699

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_mar_office.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 3/13/2025

Updated: 3/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2025-24057

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:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24057, CVE-2025-24080, CVE-2025-24083

IAVA: 2025-A-0176

MSFT: MS25-5002693, MS25-5002694

MSKB: 5002693, 5002694