CVE-2000-0277
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2000-06-02 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 05:14
Severity ?
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, aka the "XLM Text Macro" vulnerability.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/1272Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1087Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-022
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/1272Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1087Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-022
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