CVE-2025-24080
Published: 11 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-24080 is a use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) affecting Microsoft Office. Published on March 11, 2025, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The flaw enables an unauthorized attacker to execute arbitrary code locally on a victim's machine.
Exploitation requires local access to the target system and low-complexity conditions, with no privileges needed from the attacker but user interaction required, such as opening a malicious document. Successful exploitation grants high-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability effects, potentially allowing full code execution in the context of the affected Office process.
For mitigation details, refer to the official advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24080.
Details
- CWE(s)
Affected Products
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office enabling arbitrary code execution via malicious document directly maps to Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203).