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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 15, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2003-0821

CVE-2003-0821

Description

Microsoft Excel 97, 2000, and 2002 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a malicious XLM (Excel 4) macro that bypasses the macro security model.

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Affected products

28
  • Microsoft/Word23 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 22 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:ja:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:ko:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:sr1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:sr1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:zh:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:97:*:*:ja:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:97:*:*:ko:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:97:sr1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:97:sr2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:97:*:*:zh:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:98:*:*:ja:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:98:*:*:ko:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:98:sr1:*:ja:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:98:sr2:*:ja:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:98:*:*:zh:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Works4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Excelllm-fuzzy
    Range: <=2002

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.

References

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