CVE-2000-0597

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Excel

PublishedJun 27, 2000

First seenJun 27, 2000

How to fix

Vendor advisories

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

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft excel	2000	—
microsoft powerpoint	97, 2000	—

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