CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0277

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.55%

72th percentile - higher than 72% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

The lack of warning may lead to unauthorized execution of malicious code, posing a risk of system infection within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to enable warning options for macro execution and to limit opening files from unknown sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS