CVE-2001-0718 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2001-0718?

CVE-2001-0718 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0718?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0718?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0718 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2001-0718 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0718 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel

• CVE-2019-1297 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7262 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-3129 Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2008-0081 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Microsoft Excel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7rm2-mhc5-4p95.