CVE-2000-0854
highpriority · attend · 63OT risk · highEPSS 0.372 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-24
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
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-20232Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 - DLL Search Pathfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0277.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0155.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2000-q3/0117.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1699enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5263enisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0277.htmlnvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0155.htmlnvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2000-q3/0117.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
Attackers weaponise vulnerabilities like this against internet-exposed services. See what is exposed on your perimeter with a free passive scan.
Free scan