CVE-2003-0821 describes a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 97, 2000, and 2002, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by crafting a malicious XLM (Excel 4) macro within a spreadsheet that circumvents the macro security model. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it represents a high-severity risk, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
97CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:97:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
97CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:97:*:*:ja:*:*:*:* | ||
97CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:97:*:*:ko:*:*:*:* | ||
97CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:97:*:*:zh:*:*:*:* | ||
97CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:97:sr1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.