cve-2025-21346
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-14 18:04
Modified
2025-04-02 13:23
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
EPSS score ?
0.30% (0.50319)
Summary
Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21346Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 Version: 19.0.0   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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   Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Version: 16.0.1   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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   Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 Version: 16.0.1   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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   Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 Version: 1.0.0   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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   Microsoft Microsoft Office 2016 Version: 16.0.0   < 16.0.5483.1001
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