CVE-2025-21381

7.8

HIGH CVSS 3.1

Microsoft Excel Code Execution

Description

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 11, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 1, 2025, 4:59 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-21381 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID	Vendor	Product
1	Microsoft	office
2	Microsoft	365_apps
3	Microsoft	excel
4	Microsoft	office_online_server
5	Microsoft	office_long_term_servicing_channel
6	Microsoft	office_macos_2024
7	Microsoft	office_macos_2021
8	Microsoft	excel_2016
9	Microsoft	office_2024
10	Microsoft	office_2021
11	Microsoft	office_2019

: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 11

CVSS Scores

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.

Score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Source
	CVSS 3.1	HIGH				[email protected]

Solution

Microsoft Excel is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability; applying the latest security updates will address this issue.

Apply the appropriate Microsoft security update.
Ensure automatic updates are enabled for your Microsoft Office products.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-21381.

URL	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21381	Patch Vendor Advisory

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-21381 is associated with the following CWEs:

CWE-822: Untrusted Pointer Dereference

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-21381 weaknesses.

CAPEC-129: Pointer Manipulation Pointer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-21381 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

tripwire.com

Tripwire Patch Priority Index for February 2025

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Published Date: Mar 05, 2025 (5 months, 2 weeks ago)

CrowdStrike.com

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Published Date: Feb 27, 2025 (5 months, 4 weeks ago)

CrowdStrike.com

February 2025 Patch Tuesday: Four Zero-Days and Three Critical Vulnerabilities Among 67 CVEs

Published Date: Feb 27, 2025 (5 months, 4 weeks ago)

CrowdStrike.com

February 2025 Patch Tuesday: Four Zero-Days and Three Critical Vulnerabilities Among 67 CVEs

Published Date: Feb 27, 2025 (5 months, 4 weeks ago)

CrowdStrike.com

February 2025 Patch Tuesday: Four Zero-Days and Three Critical Vulnerabilities Among 67 CVEs

Published Date: Feb 27, 2025 (5 months, 4 weeks ago)

CrowdStrike.com