CVE-2000-0854

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

When a Microsoft Office 2000 document is launched, the directory of that document is first used to locate DLL's such as riched20.dll and msi.dll, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands by inserting a Trojan Horse DLL into the same directory as the document.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
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References

Timeline

Published: Nov 14, 2000
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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