CVE-2003-0821 (GCVE-0-2003-0821)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-11-18 05:00
Modified
2024-08-08 02:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Microsoft Excel 97, 2000, and 2002 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a malicious XLM (Excel 4) macro that bypasses the macro security model.
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