Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2000· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0277

Description

Microsoft Excel 97 and 2000 does not warn the user when executing Excel Macro Language (XLM) macros in external text files, which could allow an attacker to execute a macro virus, aka the "XLM Text Macro" vulnerability.

Affected products

Microsoft/Excel2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/1087nvdThird Party Advisory
www.osvdb.org/1272nvdBroken Link
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-022nvd

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