CVE-1999-0384

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.

Published: 1999-01-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0384

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0384

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0384

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0384

vendor priority summary link
alpine 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

Affected software / configurations for 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0384

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