CVE-2025-27744
Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 8, 2025 at 05:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:04 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorOfficeOffice 2016
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Improper access control in Microsoft Office allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
16.0.0 ≤ v < 16.0.5495.100016.0.0
Affected range stops below 16.0.5495.1000, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27744SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.8HIGHmicrosoft
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-284
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