CVE-2000-0854

High CVSS 10

Published 2000-11-14 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0854, 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

When a Microsoft Office 2000 document is launched, the directory of that document is first used to locate DLL's such as riched20.dll and msi.dll, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands by inserting a Trojan Horse DLL into the same directory as the document.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0854

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