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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (August 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 249124

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

 - A Remote Code Execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2025-53731, CVE-2025-53740)

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

Solution

Microsoft has released the following updates to address these issues:
 - KB5002756

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002756

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 249124

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_aug_office.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/12/2025

Updated: 8/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2025-53731

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-53731

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-53731, CVE-2025-53740

MSFT: MS25-5002756

MSKB: 5002756