CVE-2000-0788

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
10.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 7% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: October 20, 2000 (9337 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft accessmicrosoft word

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com