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CVE-2000-0597

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2000
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Android: 97, 2000

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1399
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39589349.ED9DBCAB%40nat.bg
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-049
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1399
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39589349.ED9DBCAB%40nat.bg
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-049

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