High severity · published Dec 9, 2025
CVE-2025-62560
Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OF
Office · Microsoft
2019; 2019 · source: NVD
EX
Excel · Microsoft
2016; 2016 · source: NVD
OL
Office Long Term Servicing Channel · Microsoft
2021; 2021; 2021; 2024; 2024; 2024 · source: NVD
OO
Office Online Server · Microsoft
before 16.0.10417.20075 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62560
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62560
Vendor Advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62560
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