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CVE-2007-0671

Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 8.8EPSS 42.4%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 2 September 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
42.38% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 12 August 2025 · due 2 September 2025
Affected
microsoft/access · microsoft/excel · microsoft/excel viewer · microsoft/frontpage · microsoft/infopath · microsoft/office · microsoft/onenote · microsoft/outlook · microsoft/powerpoint · microsoft/project · microsoft/publisher · microsoft/visio · microsoft/word · microsoft/word viewer
Source
secure@microsoft.com

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-015 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0671

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.