PT-2000-1571 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 2000-07-26 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2000-0637

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 versions 97 and 2000

Description The issue allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands by specifying a malicious .dll using the Register.ID function.

Recommendations For Microsoft Excel version 97, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Excel version 2000, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the Register.ID function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0637

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 7

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=[e-mail] · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0637 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1451 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=396B3F8F.9244D290%40nat.bg · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5016 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-0637 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-051 · Note