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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2025
Published: 2025-07-08
Last Updated: 2025-07-08 18:24:33 UTC
by Johannes Ullrich (Version: 1)
Today, Microsoft released patches for 130 Microsoft vulnerabilities and 9 additional vulnerabilities not part of Microsoft's portfolio but distributed by Microsoft. 14 of these are rated critical. Only one of the vulnerabilities was disclosed before being patched, and none of the vulnerabilities have so far been exploited.
Noteworthy Vulnerabilities:
CVE-2025-49695 and CVE-2025-49696: Both vulnerabilities affect Microsoft Office, are rated critical, and are considered "more likely" to be exploited by Microsoft. These issues do not require user interaction, so the user does not need to open a document. The exploit could be triggered via the preview pane. Macs are affected as well, but a patch is currently only available for Windows.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49695
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49696
CVE-2025-49719: This vulnerability has already been made public. It does allow for information disclosure on a Microsoft SQL Server. To patch, you must patch the OLE DB Driver.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49719
CVE-2025-49717: Exploitation is considered less likely for this vulnerability. But if exploited, it would allow code execution via a Microsoft SQL Server. Take this as additional motivation not to expose SQL servers.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49717
CVE-2025-49704: I consider this vulnerability interesting as it appears to allow command/code injection in SharePoint. However, an attacker has to be authenticated to take advantage of this vulnerability.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49704
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