CVE-2000-0637 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Excel 97 and 2000 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands by specifying a malicious .dll using the Register.ID function, aka the "Excel REGISTER.ID Function" vulnerability.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: 2.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:97:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0633	Microsoft Excel 97 and 2000 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands by specifying a malicious .dll using the Register.ID function, aka the "Excel REGISTER.ID Function" vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02732.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1451
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=396B3F8F.9244D290%40nat.bg
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-051
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5016

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Excel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:40.803Z

Reserved: 2000-08-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0637

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-07-26T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0637

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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