CVE-2002-0617 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2002-0617?

CVE-2002-0617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 2 Apr 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Macro Security Model in Microsoft Excel 2000 and 2002 for Windows allows remote attackers to execute code by creating a hyperlink on a drawing shape in a source workbook that points to a destination workbook containing an autoexecute macro, aka "Hyperlinked Excel Workbook Macro Bypass."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0617?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0617?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-0617 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0617 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-vm8h-9mwv-399v.