Microsoft Office for Universal RCE (May 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235857

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office for Universal products are affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Office for Universal products are missing a security update. It is, 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.

Solution

Upgrade to app version 16.0.14326.22502 or later via the Microsoft Store.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235857

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_may_office_universal.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/13/2025

Updated: 5/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-30388

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-30388

Detections

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