CVE-2025-29792

Local privilege escalation via undisclosed use-after-free

Published Apr 8, 2025 · Updated Aug 10, 2026

Use-after-free in Microsoft Office 2016, 2019, LTSC 2021/2024, and Microsoft 365 Apps allows local users to elevate privileges. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected Office component, freed object, or operation that later reuses the invalid allocation. Exploitation requires low local privileges and user interaction and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability1.14%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Use-after-free in Microsoft Office 2016, 2019, LTSC 2021/2024, and Microsoft 365 Apps allows local users to elevate privileges. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected Office component, freed object, or operation that later reuses the invalid allocation. Exploitation requires low local privileges and user interaction and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-29792
Published
Apr 8, 2025
Updated
Aug 10, 2026
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Office 2016
Classifications
CWE-416, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=16.0.0 <16.0.5495.1002

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Microsoft · Microsoft Office 2016version=16.0.0 <16.0.5495.1002
Microsoft · Microsoft Office 2019version=19.0.0 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft · Microsoft Office LTSC 2021version=16.0.1 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft · Microsoft Office LTSC 2024version=16.0.0 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft · Microsoft 365 Apps for enterpriseversion=16.0.1 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

Published CVSS scores

7.3Microsoft CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-416Use After Free
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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