CVE - CVE-2000-0597

CVE-ID
CVE-2000-0597	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:1399 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1399 BUGTRAQ:20000627 IE 5 and Excel 2000, PowerPoint 2000 vulnerability - executing programs URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=39589349.ED9DBCAB@nat.bg MS:MS00-049 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-049 XF:ie-powerpoint-activex-object-execute
Date Record Created
20001013	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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