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CVE-2025-21186

Microsoft Office - Access

Microsoft CVSS 7.8 Updated March 7, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Access, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted Access database file."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type Executable
Target Asset msaccess.exe
Standard Path %ProgramFiles%Microsoft OfficeRootOffice16MSACCESS.EXE
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: msaccess.exe (Executable)
$Targets = 'msaccess.exe'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")

Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | 
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Likely

Microsoft Access service affected

Internal Work Notes

Apply latest Microsoft Office security updates to mitigate remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Access

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