CVE-2000-0277 (GCVE-0-2000-0277)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-06-02 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:14
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1087 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.osvdb.org/1272 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2000-04-03 00:00
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