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CVE-1999-0794

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Microsoft Excel does not warn a user when a macro is present in a Symbolic Link (SYLK) format file.

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: all versions

References

• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241900
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241901
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241902
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-044
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241900
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241901
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241902
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-044

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