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 december-16-2025 advisory.

  - Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-62557)

  - Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-62564)

  - Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code     locally. (CVE-2025-62556, CVE-2025-62560, CVE-2025-62561)

  - Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-62563)

  - Use after free in Microsoft Office Outlook allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
    (CVE-2025-62562)

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 remote code execution vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit 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.

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

  - Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit to bypass authentication and     execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2025-62553, CVE-2025-62556, CVE-2025-62558, CVE-2025-62559,     CVE-2025-62560, CVE-2025-62561, CVE-2025-62563, CVE-2025-62564)     Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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:

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2025-62555,     CVE-2025-62558, CVE-2025-62559, CVE-2025-62562)

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 2016 installation on the remote host is 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-2025-62555,     CVE-2025-62558, CVE-2025-62559, CVE-2025-62562)

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

The Microsoft Word Products are missing a security update. 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
278786	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (December 2025) (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high
278332	Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products C2R (December 2025)	Nessus	Windows	Local	high
278331	Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products C2R (December 2025)	Nessus	Windows	Local	high
277993	Security Updates for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 (December 2025)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	Local	high
277991	Security Updates for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 (December 2025)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	Local	high
277989	Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (December 2025)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	Local	high

Detections

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CVE-2025-62559

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