CVE-2000-0597

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 27, 2000
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2000-0597: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix