The Forms 2.0 ActiveX control (included with Visual Basic for Applications 5.0) can be used to read text from a user's clipboard when the user accesses documents with ActiveX content.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0384 is rated Moderate Risk (41.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.17%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.28% | 1.17% | +0.89% |
| 2 | 2025-10-23 | 0.59% | 0.28% | -0.31% |
| 3 | 2025-10-01 | — | 0.59% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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3.9 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-1999-0384: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0384 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | office | 98 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:98:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | outlook | 98 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:98:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | project | 98 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:98:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | visual_basic | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | windows_2000 | — | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | windows_nt | — | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |