CVE-2007-1756

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, 2003 Viewer, and Office Excel 2007 does not properly validate version information, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka "Calculation Error Vulnerability".

Affected products

Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2000-sp3, 2002-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2007
Microsoft Excel Viewer: 2003
Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, 2003, 2003-sp2, 2007, xp-sp3

References

http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html
http://osvdb.org/35957
http://secunia.com/advisories/25995
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24801
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018352
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2478
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-036
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35210
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2123
http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html
http://osvdb.org/35957

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