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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (December 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 277985

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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-2025-62552, CVE-2025-62557, CVE-2025-62554, CVE-2025-62553, CVE-2025-62561, CVE-2025-62563)

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:
 - KB5002812
 - KB5002818
 - KB5002819

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002812

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002818

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002819

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 277985

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_dec_office.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 12/9/2025

Updated: 12/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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-2025-62557

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-2025-62557

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62552, CVE-2025-62553, CVE-2025-62554, CVE-2025-62557, CVE-2025-62561, CVE-2025-62563

IAVA: 2025-A-0914

MSFT: MS25-5002812, MS25-5002818, MS25-5002819

MSKB: 5002812, 5002818, 5002819