PT-2002-1665 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 2002-08-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2002-0617

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel versions 2000 through 2002

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute code by creating a hyperlink on a drawing shape in a source workbook that points to a destination workbook containing an autoexecute macro.

Recommendations For Microsoft Excel 2000, avoid using hyperlinks on drawing shapes that point to workbooks with autoexecute macros until a fix is available. For Microsoft Excel 2002, restrict the use of autoexecute macros in destination workbooks to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0617

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0617 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-031 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/5175 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/5064 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9398 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0617 · Note