CVE-1999-0717: Microsoft Excel

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 5.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 95: any version
• Microsoft Windows 98: any version
• Microsoft Windows Nt: any version; version 4.0 only

Published 1999-05-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.