Unscored severity · published Jun 27, 2000
CVE-2000-0597
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…
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CVSS
12.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)12.1% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EX
Excel · Microsoft
2000 · source: NVD
PO
Powerpoint · Microsoft
97; 2000 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0597
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0597
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1399
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39589349.ED9DBCAB%40nat.bg
docs.microsoft.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-049
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