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CVE-2000-0277

Microsoft Excel 97 and 2000 does not warn the user when executing Excel Macro Language (XLM) macros in external text files, which could allow an attacker to execute a macro virus, aka the "XLM Text Macro" vulnerability.

Published

2000-04-03T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-254

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	excel	97	Yes
Application	microsoft	excel	2000	Yes

References

http://www.osvdb.org/1272 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1087 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-022 ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/1272 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1087 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-022 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)