Vulnerability · Published Jul 8, 2025 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2025-47994Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity unsafe deserialization in Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.3% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.3%top 11.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 16.0.1 – before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2016 16.0.0 – before 16.0.5508.1001
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 19.0.0 – before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 16.0.1 – before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 16.0.0 – before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

Weakness: CWE-502 · 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

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