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Vulnerabilities/CVE-2025-62560Public Intelligence Dossier
Source: microsoft · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2025-62560Unknown / EvaluatingHIGH (raw)CVSS 7.8CWE-126

Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Published: 09 Dec 2025•Last updated: 15 Oct 2026, 02:40 AM IST•Source identifier: secure@microsoft.com
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 2 / 3 · rule guidance not available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Unknown
KEV status was not determined.
CVSS score
7.8HIGH (raw)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Metric sourcesecure@microsoft.com
EPSS probability
0.5%0.005
Percentile43rd
Weakness type
CWE-126
CWE-822
Remediation
Patch status unknown
No fixed version or KB recorded

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

SOC priority

High

Actively exploited

Unknown

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: Microsoft or Microsoft-managed product relevance; HIGH severity; No confirmed exploitation signal in current enrichment

Affected Products & Remediation

5 source-backed products
Affected products and versions (source)
  • microsoft 365 apps · version range not provided by source · NVD CPE · Source
  • microsoft excel · 2016 · NVD CPE · Source
  • microsoft office · 2019; long term servicing channel 2021; long term servicing channel 2024; online server < 16.0.10417.20075 · NVD CPE · Source
  • microsoft office long term servicing channel · 2021; 2024 · NVD CPE · Source
  • microsoft office online server · < 16.0.10417.20075 · NVD CPE · Source
Recorded patch / KBNot provided by source

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

Not provided by source

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Unknown
Exploited (source statement)
Unknown
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

No rule-based guidance for this vulnerability class

CISA KEV Record

CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
secure@microsoft.com
Record status · verification
UPDATED · Microsoft primary source linked
CPE
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:x64:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:x86:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:-:x64:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:-:x86:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2024:*:*:*:*:-:x64:*

Evidence & Provenance

2 public sources
msrc.microsoft.comSource recordnvd.nist.govSource record

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Detection Hunting Query
Target: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities•Defender XDR
Detect endpoints exposed to CVE-2025-62560
Purpose: Exposure assessment (Category: Exposure Check)Why linked: Query metadata names CVE-2025-62560
DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities| where CveId == "CVE-2025-62560"| project DeviceId, DeviceName, OSPlatform, OSVersion, SoftwareVendor, SoftwareName, SoftwareVersion, CveId, VulnerabilitySeverityLevel, RecommendedSecurityUpdate, RecommendedSecurityUpdateId| sort by VulnerabilitySeverityLevel desc
Schema Checked · Not runtime validatedSource: SecOps Signal deterministic template · Limited verificationStatic screening: Passed structure and schema checks; tenant execution is not verified.
Open KQL Library

Correlated briefings

— No published briefing references this CVE

SecOps Signal surfaces public advisory facts only. A missing value means the source has not published it, not that your environment is unaffected. No tenant inventory is connected.