CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1055

7.5 HIGH Published 1999-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 1999-12-31
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Microsoft Excel 97 does not warn the user before executing worksheet functions, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands by using the CALL function to execute a malicious DLL, aka the Excel "CALL Vulnerability."

Affected configurations

• microsoft excel 97

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-221 Information Loss or Omission weakness
CWE-356 Missing User Interaction for Potentially Unsafe Action weakness

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/179 www.securityfocus.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1998/ms98-018 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1737 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/179 www.securityfocus.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1998/ms98-018 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1737 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

CVE-1999-1055

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

References