01 Record
CVE-1999-0794
Microsoft Excel does not warn a user when a macro is present in a Symbolic Link (SYLK) format file.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Microsoft Excel does not warn a user when a macro is present in a Symbolic Link (SYLK) format file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-01-04 05:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01 16:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 1999-11-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2e8cbcd2a3e3c1d3087e3565659e81c488e21cb8bee2ca51619e2e7b0ebbe545
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.microsoft.comQ241902http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241902
- support.microsoft.comQ241900http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241900
- docs.microsoft.comMS99-044https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-044
- support.microsoft.comQ241901http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ241901