PT-1999-1357 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 1999-10-01 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-1999-0794

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns Microsoft Excel, where it fails to warn a user about the presence of a macro in a file using the Symbolic Link (SYLK) format.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0794

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0794 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-044 · Note
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241900 · Note
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241901 · Note
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241902 · Note