PT-2001-1901 · Microsoft · Office Powerpoint+1

Published 2001-10-30 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2001-0718

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Excel versions prior to 2003 Microsoft PowerPoint versions prior to 2003

Description: The issue allows attackers to bypass macro restrictions and execute arbitrary commands by modifying the data stream in the document.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Excel versions prior to 2003, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft PowerPoint versions prior to 2003, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0718

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office Powerpoint

References · 8

• http://cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-28.html · Patch
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-050 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0718 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-0718 · Note
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218802 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3402 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7223 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287067 · Note