CVE-2025-59231
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Publication date: 2025-10-14
Last updated on: 2025-10-28
Assigner: Microsoft Corporation
Description
Description
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | 365_apps | * |
| microsoft | 365_apps | * |
| microsoft | excel | 2016 |
| microsoft | excel | 2016 |
| microsoft | office | 2019 |
| microsoft | office | 2019 |
| microsoft | office_long_term_servicing_channel | 2021 |
| microsoft | office_long_term_servicing_channel | 2021 |
| microsoft | office_long_term_servicing_channel | 2021 |
| microsoft | office_long_term_servicing_channel | 2024 |
| microsoft | office_long_term_servicing_channel | 2024 |
| microsoft | office_long_term_servicing_channel | 2024 |
| microsoft | office_online_server | to 16.0.10417.20059 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-843 | The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a type confusion issue in Microsoft Office Excel that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally by accessing a resource using an incompatible type.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
An attacker exploiting this vulnerability can execute code on the affected system with the privileges of the user, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and system resources.
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