CVE-2000-0597

medium

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.

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-049

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39589349.ED9DBCAB%40nat.bg

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1399

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-06-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.09559