CVE-2000-0277

High CVSS 7.2

Published 2000-04-03 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0277, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Microsoft Excel 97 and 2000 does not warn the user when executing Excel Macro Language (XLM) macros in external text files, which could allow an attacker to execute a macro virus, aka the "XLM Text Macro" vulnerability.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0277

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C