CVE-2000-0277 — Microsoft Excel 97 and 2000 does not warn the user when executing Excel Macro Language (XLM) macros in external text files, which could allow an attacker to execute a macro virus, aka the "XLM Text Macro" vulnerability

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Microsoft Excel 97 and 2000 does not warn the user when executing Excel Macro Language (XLM) macros in external text files, which could allow an attacker to execute a macro virus, aka the "XLM Text Macro" vulnerability

Published Jun 2, 2000

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.55%

Description

Microsoft Excel 97 and 2000 does not warn the user when executing Excel Macro Language (XLM) macros in external text files, which could allow an attacker to execute a macro virus, aka the "XLM Text Macro" vulnerability.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.55% 0.01554

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01554

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.55% (0.01554)	74.24th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.55% (0.01554)	71.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.78% (0.00780)	72.00th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.05% (0.00054)	23.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 18, 2024	0.05% (0.00054)	21.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00054)	19.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.51% (0.01511)	73.60th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Mar 2, 2023	1.51% (0.01511)	73.58th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.51% (0.01511)	71.58th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.51% (0.01511)	50.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-254

References (3)

http://www.osvdb.org/1272
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1087
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-022
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/1272		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1087		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-022		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 2, 2000

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Apr 26, 2000

Link CVE-2000-0277

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-0277

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2000-0277