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."
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1036 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."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.080Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1055

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1055

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