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CVE-2025-21354: CWE-822: Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-21354cvecve-2025-21354cwe-822
Published: 01/14/2025 (01/14/2025, 18:04:05 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Microsoft
Product: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

Description

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS v3.1

Score 8.4high

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Affected software

Affected versions
16.0.1

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 06/10/2026, 09:57:55 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability (CVE-2025-21354) in Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise is classified as CWE-822: Untrusted Pointer Dereference. It allows remote code execution via Microsoft Excel due to improper handling of pointers. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.4, indicating high severity, with attack vector local, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed. The vulnerability affects version 16.0.1. Microsoft has issued an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud service. The vendor advisory is available at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21354.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is exploitable locally without privileges or user interaction, posing a significant risk to affected systems. However, no known exploits are currently reported in the wild.

Mitigation Recommendations

An official fix is available from Microsoft. Since this is a cloud-hosted service, Microsoft manages remediation server-side. Users and administrators should ensure their Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise installations are updated to the fixed version or later as per the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21354.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
microsoft
Date Reserved
2024-12-11T00:29:48.355Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
official-fix
Is Cloud Service
true
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21354","vendor":"Microsoft"}]

Threat ID: 68c0bd539ed239a66badec16

Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:43 UTC

Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 09:57:55 UTC

Last updated: 06/28/2026, 20:51:17 UTC

Views: 209

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