Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003, and 2004 for Mac, and possibly other Office products, allows remote user-assist
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.
- Published
- Feb 2, 2007
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 43.2% · 99th percentile
- CWE
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- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 30 / 30 · Listed
- EPSS
- 13 / 30 · 43.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Actively exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Aug 12, 2025. That signals real attacks, not theory.
Remediation deadline for government agencies: Sep 2, 2025.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | access | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:access |
| microsoft | excel | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel |
| microsoft | excel viewer | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer |
| microsoft | frontpage | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:frontpage |
| microsoft | infopath | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:infopath |
| microsoft | office | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office |
| microsoft | onenote | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:onenote |
| microsoft | outlook | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook |
| microsoft | powerpoint | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint |
| microsoft | project | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project |
| microsoft | publisher | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:publisher |
| microsoft | visio | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio |
and 2 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- microsoft access2000
- microsoft access2002
- microsoft access2003
- microsoft excel2000
- microsoft excel2002
- microsoft excel2003
- microsoft excel viewer2003
- microsoft frontpage2000
- microsoft frontpage2002
- microsoft frontpage2003
- microsoft infopath2003
- microsoft office2000
- microsoft office2003
- microsoft office2004
- microsoft officexp
- microsoft onenote2003
- microsoft outlook2000
- microsoft outlook2002
- microsoft outlook2003
- microsoft powerpoint2000
Same product
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- CISA KEV+6765 d
- TodaySep 30, 2026+7180 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
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References
- osvdb.org/31901
- secunia.com/advisories/24008
- securitytracker.com/id?1017584
- vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_141393.htm
- www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=191
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/613740
- www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/932553.mspx
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22383
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0463
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-015
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32178
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A301
- learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-015
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2007-0671
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.