CVE-2025-47994 Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can elevate privileges locally by exploiting untrusted data deserialization in Microsoft Office applications.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-47994?
CVE-2025-47994 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Apps, published on 8 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness: CWE-502
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47994?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel, Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server.
How do I fix CVE-2025-47994?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-47994 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.
Is CVE-2025-47994 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-47994 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2023-23397 Microsoft Office Outlook Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2024-38189 Microsoft Project Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-35311 Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass
- CVE-2026-21514 Microsoft Office Word Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c957-43mv-gcvv.