Microsoft Excel 97 Malware Warning privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 97. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Malware Warning. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-1999-0717. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Excel 97 (Spreadsheet Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Malware Warning. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

A remote attacker can disable the virus warning mechanism in Microsoft Excel 97.

The weakness was released 05/07/1999 as MS99-014 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at shttp. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0717. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Applying the patch MS99-014 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at shttp.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (2186), SecurityFocus (BID 258†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4255†). support.microsoft.com is providing further details. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: MS99-014

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS99-014
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0717 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0717
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14636
X-Force: 2186
SecurityFocus: 258 - Microsoft Excel XLSTART Directory Bypasses Macro Protection Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4255 - [MS99-014] Microsoft Excel 97 Allows Disable of the Virus Warning, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 00:09
Updated: 04/19/2026 03:03
Changes: 06/21/2014 00:09 (61), 05/21/2019 12:53 (2), 04/19/2026 03:03 (16)
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