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CVE-2007-0029

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 30.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-01-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, 2004 for Mac, and v.X for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed string, aka "Excel Malformed String Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2000, 2002, 2003
• Microsoft Excel Viewer: 2003
• Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, xp-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2004, v.x
• Microsoft Works: 2004, 2005

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017487
• http://www.osvdb.org/31256
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457274/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21877
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0103
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-002
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1102
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017487
• http://www.osvdb.org/31256
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457274/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21877

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