CVE-2002-0616: Microsoft Excel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 9.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Macro Security Model in Microsoft Excel 2000 and 2002 for Windows allows remote attackers to execute code by attaching an inline macro to an object within an Excel workbook, aka the "Excel Inline Macros Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel: version 2000 only; version 2002 only
• Microsoft Office: version 2000 only; version xp only

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.