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CVE-2002-0616

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0616 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 and 2002 where remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by embedding an inline macro within an Excel workbook object. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a medium severity, and requires high attack complexity (AC:H) to achieve partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:P/I:P/A:P). Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:sr1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0972 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-031
iss.net / security_center/static/9397.php
securityfocus.com / bid/5063