Description:
Microsoft has released security updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities which affect several Microsoft products or components. The list of security updates can be found at:
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2025-Mar
Reports indicated that the remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-26630) in Microsoft Access is being exploited in the wild, with its technical details publicly disclosed. In addition, multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-24983, CVE-2025-24984, CVE-2025-24985, CVE-2025-24991, CVE-2025-24993, CVE-2025-26633) in Microsoft Windows and Server are also at a high risk of exploitation and are being exploited in the wild. System administrators and users are advised to take immediate action to patch your affected systems to mitigate the elevated risk of cyber attacks.
Affected Systems:
- Microsoft Windows 10, 11
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2022, 23H2 Edition, 2025
- Microsoft Office 2016, 2019, LTSC 2021, LTSC 2024, LTSC for Mac 2021, LTSC for Mac 2024
- Office Online Server
- Microsoft Excel 2016
- Microsoft Word 2016
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
- Microsoft Access 2016
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, 2019, 2022
- ASP.NET Core 8.0, 9.0
- Azure ARC, Agent for Backup, Agent for Site Recovery, CLI, promptflow-core, promptflow-tools
- Windows App Client for Windows Desktop
- Remote Desktop Client for Windows Desktop
- Visual Studio Code
Impact:
Depending on the vulnerability exploited, a successful attack could lead to remote code execution, denial of service, elevation of privilege, information disclosure, security restriction bypass or spoofing on an affected system.
Recommendation:
Patches for affected products are available from the Windows Update / Microsoft Update Catalog. Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the product vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.
More Information:
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2025-Mar
- https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/microsoft-monthly-security-update-march-2025
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-9157
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-21180
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-21199
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-21247
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24035
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24043 (to CVE-2025-24046)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24048 (to CVE-2025-24051)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24054 (to CVE-2025-24057)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24059
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24061
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24064
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24066
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24067
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24070 (to CVE-2025-24072)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24075 (to CVE-2025-24084)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24983 (to CVE-2025-24988)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-24991 (to CVE-2025-24998)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-25003
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-25008
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-26627
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-26629 (to CVE-2025-26631)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-26633
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-26645
