CVE-2000-0597

High CVSS 7.5

Published 2000-06-27 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0597, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0597

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P