CVE-2000-0597

N/A Unknown
Published: June 27, 2000 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1399
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39589349.ED9DBCAB%40nat.bg
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-049
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1399
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39589349.ED9DBCAB%40nat.bg
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-049
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
9.6%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft