CVE-2000-0788 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Mail Merge tool in Microsoft Word does not prompt the user before executing Visual Basic (VBA) scripts in an Access database, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 10.5% Moderate

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:access:2000:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10498.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1566
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=398EB9CA.27E03A9C%40nat.bg
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-071
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5322

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Access Word

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:41.566Z

Reserved: 2000-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0788

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-10-20T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2000-0788

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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