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Security Updates for Outlook C2R (May 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236843

Synopsis

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

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

Solution

For Office 365, Office 2016 C2R, or Office 2019, ensure automatic updates are enabled or open any office app and manually perform an update.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b315068b

http://www.nessus.org/u?5931548c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236843

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_may_outlook_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 5/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-32705

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:outlook

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-32705

IAVA: 2025-A-0337