CVE-2002-0617
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.78% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/excel · microsoft/office
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.osvdb.org/5175
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5064
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-031
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9398
- http://www.osvdb.org/5175
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5064
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-031
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9398
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.