PT-2001-1711 · Microsoft · Office Word

Published 2001-07-21 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2001-0501

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 Word versions 2002 and earlier

Description: The issue allows attackers to automatically execute macros without warning the user by embedding the macros in a manner that escapes detection by the security scanner.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Word versions 2002 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0501

Affected Products

Office Word

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0501 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/2876 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-034 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6732 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99325144322224&w=2 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-0501 · Note