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High MSRC-CVE-2025-29822 1 CVE

Microsoft OneNote Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published Apr 8, 2025 · Updated Apr 15, 2025 · Revision 2

Summary

Impact: Security Feature Bypass. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

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

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft OneNote and then click on a specially crafted URL to be compromised by the attacker.

Are the updates for Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 and 2024 currently available?
Yes. As of April 14, 2025, the security update for Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 and 2024 are available. Customers running Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 and 2024 should ensure the update is installed to be protected from this vulnerability.

Security updates
https — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/microsoft365-apps-security-updates
16.96.25033028 — https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=831049
16.0.5495.1001 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002622

Vulnerabilities 1

Revision history

  1. #2

    Microsoft is announcing the availability of the security updates for Microsoft Office for Mac. Customers running affected Mac software should install the update for their product to be protected from this vulnerability. Customers running other Microsoft Office software do not need to take any action. See the [Release Notes](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=831049) for more information and download links.

  2. #1

    Information published.

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