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High MSRC-CVE-2025-21395 1 CVE

Microsoft Access Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Jan 14, 2025 · Updated Feb 11, 2025 · Revision 3

Summary

Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited, publicly disclosed before the fix — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?
The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally.
For example, when the score indicates that the Attack Vector is Local and User Interaction is Required, this could describe an exploit in which an attacker, through social engineering, convinces a victim to download and open a specially crafted file from a website which leads to a local attack on their computer.

How does the update protect against this vulnerability?
The update blocks potentially malicious extensions from being sent in an email.
The following extensions which will be blocked:
accdb, accde, accdw, accdt, accda, accdr, accdu
The email recipient will get a notification that there was an attachment but it cannot be accessed.

Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?
No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.

Security updates
https — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/microsoft365-apps-security-updates
16.0.5487.1000 — https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002688

Vulnerabilities 1

Revision history

  1. #3

    To comprehensively address CVE-2025-21395 Microsoft has released secuirty update 5002688 for supported editions of Microsoft Access 2016. Microsoft recommends that customers install the update to be fully protected from the vulnerability. Customers whose systems are configured to receive automatic updates do not need to take any further action.

  2. #2

    Added an FAQ to indicate that the Preview Pane is not affected for this CVE. This is an informational change only.

  3. #1

    Information published.

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