CVE-2025-21397 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	365 Apps Office

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2021::::ltsc:::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2024::::ltsc:::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21397

History

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft office
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2021::::ltsc::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2024::::ltsc:::
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft office

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Title		Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-416
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21397
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2025-02-11T17:58:39.109Z

Updated: 2025-03-12T01:42:38.816Z

Reserved: 2024-12-11T00:29:48.374Z

Link: CVE-2025-21397

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-12T15:38:48.683Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-02-11T18:15:38.293

Modified: 2025-02-14T17:38:29.007

Link: CVE-2025-21397

Redhat

No data.

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