Vulnerability in Microsoft Word

CVE-2001-0240

Microsoft Word before Word 2002 allows attackers to automatically execute macros without warning the user via a Rich Text Format (RTF) document that links to a template with the embedded macro.

EPSS: 0.014 (70.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Word — versions 97, 98, 2000
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)