National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2001-0718
Original release date:10/30/2001
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Vulnerability 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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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CERT/CC Advisory: CA-2001-28
Name: CA-2001-28
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#287067
Name: VU#287067
External Source: MS
Name: MS01-050
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: ms-malformed-document-macro(7223)
External Source: BID
Name: 3402
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20011005 Symantec Security Response SecBul-10042001, Revision1, Malformed Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint documents bypass Microsoft macro security features
