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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (April 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 234041

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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 vulnerabilities:

 - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
 (CVE-2025-29792)

 - A security feature bypass vulnerability exists. An attacker can exploit this and bypass the security feature and perform unauthorized actions compromising the integrity of the system/application.
 (CVE-2025-29816)

 - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2025-26642, CVE-2025-27745, CVE-2025-27746, CVE-2025-27748, CVE-2025-27749, CVE-2025-27752, CVE-2025-29791)

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:
 - KB4484432
 - KB5002573
 - KB5002588
 - KB5002700
 - KB5002703

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4484432

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002573

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002588

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002700

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002703

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 234041

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_apr_office.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 4/8/2025

Updated: 4/8/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

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-2025-26642

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: 4/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-26642, CVE-2025-27745, CVE-2025-27746, CVE-2025-27748, CVE-2025-27749, CVE-2025-27752, CVE-2025-29791, CVE-2025-29792, CVE-2025-29816

MSFT: MS25-4484432, MS25-5002573, MS25-5002588, MS25-5002700, MS25-5002703

MSKB: 4484432, 5002573, 5002588, 5002700, 5002703