Important CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00916 📢 Publicly disclosed 2025-03 archive

Executive Summary

Use after free in Microsoft Office Access allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Overview

7.8
CVSS HIGH
Important
MS Severity
Not Exploited
MS Exploit Status
Less Likely
MS Exploit Likelihood
Category Remote Code Execution
Released Mar 11 2025
Last Updated Mar 11 2025
Publicly Disclosed Yes
CISA KEV Not Listed
Known Exploits None Known
EPSS Score 0.00916 — 0.5547 percentile
NVD CVSS 7.8 HIGH — matches MSRC

CVSS 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
ATTACK VECTOR
Local
ATTACK COMPLEXITY
Low
PRIVILEGES REQUIRED
None
USER INTERACTION
Required
SCOPE
Unchanged
CONFIDENTIALITY
High
INTEGRITY
High
AVAILABILITY
High
EXPLOIT CODE MATURITY
Unproven
REMEDIATION LEVEL
Official Fix
REPORT CONFIDENCE
Confirmed
Temporal Score: 6.8

EPSS Score

0.00916
probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.5547 percentile - updated 2026-06-21
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Affected Products

10 affected products
Product KB Article Severity Impact Restart Required
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems Click to Run (Security Update) Important Remote Code Execution No
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems Click to Run (Security Update) Important Remote Code Execution No
Microsoft Access 2016 (32-bit edition) 5002697 (Security Update) Important Remote Code Execution Maybe
Microsoft Access 2016 (64-bit edition) 5002697 (Security Update) Important Remote Code Execution Maybe
Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions Click to Run (Security Update) Important Remote Code Execution No
Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions Click to Run (Security Update) Important Remote Code Execution No
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions Click to Run (Security Update) Important Remote Code Execution No
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions Click to Run (Security Update) Important Remote Code Execution No
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editions Click to Run (Security Update) Important Remote Code Execution No
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editions Click to Run (Security Update) Important Remote Code Execution No

Patches

2 patches
Article Type Restart
Click to Run Security Update No
5002697 Security Update Maybe

Known Exploits

Acknowledgments