CVE-2007-0028
Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, 2003, Viewer 2003, Office 2004 for Mac, and Office v.X for Mac does not properly handle certain opcodes, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XLS file, which results in an "Improper Memory Access Vulnerability." NOTE: an early disclosure of this issue used CVE-2006-3432, but only CVE-2007-0028 should be used.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 33.9% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0032)
- Published
- January 9, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0032 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / excel viewer
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / works
- microsoft / works
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23676(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017485
- http://www.fortinet.com/FortiGuardCenter/advisory/FG-2006-30.html
- http://www.fortinet.com/FortiGuardCenter/advisory/FGA-2007-01.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/493185(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/31249
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457274/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21952
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0103(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-002
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A768
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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