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CVE-2000-0597in critical feed

Microsoft Office 2000 (Excel and PowerPoint) and PowerPoint 97 are marked as safe for scripting, which allows remote attackers to force Int…

Published 26 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
12.1%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
0
none known

Microsoft Office 2000 (Excel and PowerPoint) and PowerPoint 97 are marked as safe for scripting, which allows remote attackers to force Internet Explorer or some email clients to save files to arbitrary locations via the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) SaveAs function, aka the "Office HTML Script" vulnerability.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

12.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • securityfocus.com /templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39589349.ED9DBCAB%40nat.bg · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-049 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/1399 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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