Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

The version of Microsoft Office for Mac installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the july-15-2025 advisory.

  - Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-49697)

  - Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-49711)

  - Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information     locally. (CVE-2025-48812)

  - Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code     locally. (CVE-2025-49705)

  - Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-49698, CVE-2025-49703)

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

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

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2025-49698, CVE-2025-49700, CVE-2025-49703)

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

The Microsoft Word Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands.

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

The Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Server Spoofing Vulnerability. (CVE-2025-49706) 

  - Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilites.
    (CVE-2025-49701, CVE-2025-49703, CVE-2025-49704)

The Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Server Spoofing Vulnerability. (CVE-2025-49706)     
  - Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilites.
    (CVE-2025-49701, CVE-2025-49703, CVE-2025-49704)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
242171	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (July 2025) (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
241976	Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (July 2025)	Nessus	Windows	high
241561	Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (July 2025)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
241554	Security Updates for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 (July 2025)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
241541	Security Updates for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 (July 2025)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high

Detections

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CVE-2025-49703

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