CVE-2002-0618
The Macro Security Model in Microsoft Excel 2000 and 2002 for Windows allows remote attackers to execute code in the Local Computer zone by embedding HTML scripts within an Excel workbook that contains an XSL stylesheet, aka "Excel XSL Stylesheet Script…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.5%, higher than 97% 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 in the Local Computer zone by embedding HTML scripts within an Excel workbook that contains an XSL stylesheet, aka "Excel XSL Stylesheet Script Execution".
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 14.50% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/excel · microsoft/office
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 14.5% 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://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102256054320377&w=2
- http://www.guninski.com/ex%24el2.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9399.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4821
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-031
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=102256054320377&w=2
- http://www.guninski.com/ex%24el2.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9399.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4821
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-031
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.