CVE-1999-1055

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Microsoft Excel 97 does not warn the user before executing worksheet functions, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands by using the CALL function to execute a malicious DLL, aka the Excel "CALL Vulnerability."

Microsoft Excel 97 does not warn the user before executing worksheet functions, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands by using the CALL function to execute a malicious DLL, aka the Excel "CALL Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

1999-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:29:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Excel 97

97

References

179

MS98-018

excel-call(1737)

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