CVE-2000-0081 describes a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Hotmail where the service failed to adequately filter JavaScript code from user mailboxes. This allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by obfuscating the "javascript:" protocol using hexadecimal encoding. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this flaw presented a high risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability without requiring authentication or complex attack methods. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:hotmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.