CVE-2007-0671 — Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2007-0671 (Microsoft Office) is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 2025-08-12. Microsoft Office Excel contains a remote code execution vulnerability that can be exploited when a specially… See the required fix, due date and advisories.

Exploitation status

CVE-2007-0671 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added 2025-08-12. Microsoft Office Excel contains a remote code execution vulnerability that can be exploited when a specially crafted Excel file is opened. This malicious file could be delivered as an email attachment or hosted on a malicious website. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability by creating a specially crafted Excel file, which, when opened, allowing an attacker to execute remote code on the affected system.

Advisory facts

Vendor or project
Microsoft
Affected product
Office
Added to CISA KEV
2025-08-12
US federal remediation due date
2025-09-02
Ransomware association
Unknown
EPSS score
—
Weakness (CWE)
—

Remediation: the required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Wording published by CISA for this catalog entry. It is the baseline action, not a decision about your environment: whether this exposure matters for you depends on where the affected component runs, what it is exposed to and who owns it.

From advisory to a decision you can defend

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Sourced from public upstream advisories (CISA KEV, ENISA EUVD, vendor PSIRTs) mirrored daily. Informational only — not a remediation decision, not legal advice, and the absence of a record is not evidence of safety.