Security Updates for Microsoft Office Online Server (December 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 277992

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Online Server installation on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office Online Server installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:

- Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally. (CVE-2025-62556,CVE-2025-62560,CVE-2025-62561)

- Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
(CVE-2025-62563)

- Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
(CVE-2025-62564)

Solution

Microsoft has released 5002817 to address this issue.

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002817

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 277992

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_dec_office_web.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 12/9/2025

Updated: 2/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62564

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office_online_server, cpe:/a:microsoft:office_web_apps

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62556, CVE-2025-62560, CVE-2025-62561, CVE-2025-62563, CVE-2025-62564

IAVA: 2025-A-0914

MSFT: MS25-5002817

MSKB: 5002817