CVE-2001-0718

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0718
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-10-30 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionVulnerability in (1) Microsoft Excel 2002 and earlier and (2) Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 and earlier allows attackers to bypass macro restrictions and execute arbitrary commands by modifying the data stream in the document.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Excel All All All All
Application Microsoft Powerpoint All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CERT Advisory CA-2001-28 Automatic Execution of Macros af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint Macro Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#287067 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-050 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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