PT-2000-1259 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 2000-04-03 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2000-0277

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel versions 97 and 2000

Description The issue allows an attacker to execute a macro virus, as Microsoft Excel does not warn the user when executing Excel Macro Language (XLM) macros in external text files.

Recommendations For Microsoft Excel version 97, update to a newer version that includes a fix for this issue. For Microsoft Excel version 2000, update to a newer version that includes a fix for this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0277

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0277 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/1272 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-022 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1087 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-0277 · Note