CVE-2007-0671 Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution

Exploited in the wild High 8.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via malicious Excel files, requiring user interaction to open the document.

Exploited in the wild
Since 12 Aug 2025
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-0671?

CVE-2007-0671 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 3 Feb 2007. 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

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0671?

It affects 14 products.

Products include Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel Viewer, Microsoft Frontpage, Microsoft Infopath, Microsoft Office and 8 more.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0671?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0671 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 2 Sep 2025.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2007-0671 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2007-0671 in the wild since at least 12 Aug 2025.

All Microsoft Excel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h24h-phxr-rg3x.

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