CVE-2000-0854 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 37.2% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 37.21% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2000-11-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | office |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 - DLL Search Path | 2000-09-18 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0277.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0155.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2000-q3/0117.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1699
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5263
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0277.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0155.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2000-q3/0117.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1699
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5263
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