- Description
- Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003, and 2004 for Mac, and possibly other Office products, allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors, as demonstrated by Exploit-MSExcel.h in targeted zero-day attacks.
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Deferred
- Products
- access, excel, excel_viewer, frontpage, infopath, office, onenote, outlook, powerpoint, project, publisher, visio, word, word_viewer
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Secondary
- Base score
- 8.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 2.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.3
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Data from CISA
- Vulnerability name
- Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Exploit added on
- Aug 12, 2025
- Exploit action due
- Sep 2, 2025
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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