CVE-2000-0663

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 2000-07-25 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0663, 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

The registry entry for the Windows Shell executable (Explorer.exe) in Windows NT and Windows 2000 uses a relative path name, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by inserting a Trojan Horse named Explorer.exe into the %Systemdrive% directory, aka the "Relative Shell Path" vulnerability.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0663

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