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CVE-2000-0277

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0277 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 97 and 2000 where the application fails to warn users when executing Excel Macro Language (XLM) macros embedded in external text files. This oversight allows an attacker to execute malicious macro viruses without user notification. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
97CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0155 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-022
osvdb.org / 1272
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/1087
Third Party Advisory