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CVE-2001-0718

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0718 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint 2002 and earlier versions, allowing attackers to bypass macro security and execute arbitrary commands by manipulating document data streams. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high risk score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1105 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/218802
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-050
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7223
cert.org / advisories/CA-2001-28.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/287067
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/3402