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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2000-0854

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…

HIGH 10.0EPSS 37.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 37.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
37.21% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/office
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.