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Microsoft Office for Universal Privilege Escalation (April 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235085

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office for Universal products are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Office for Universal products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability. Use after free in Windows Win32K - GRFX allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

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

Solution

Upgrade to app version 16.0.14326.22331 or later via the Microsoft Store.

See Also

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-26687

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235085

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_apr_office_universal.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/2/2025

Updated: 5/2/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-26687

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:excel, cpe:/o:microsoft:windows, cpe:/a:microsoft:powerpoint, cpe:/a:microsoft:word

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, WMI/Windows App Store/Enumerated

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-26687