CVE-2000-0419

The Office 2000 UA ActiveX Control is marked as "safe for scripting," which allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via the "Show Me" function in Office Help, aka the "Office 2000 UA Control" vulnerability.

Published: 2000-05-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0419 is rated High Risk (69/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 21.00%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +6.83% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0419

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 14.17% 21.00% +6.83%
2 2026-05-12 10.95% 14.17% +3.22%
3 2025-03-30 — 10.95% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0419

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0419

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0419

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft access 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:access:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft frontpage 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:frontpage:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft photodraw_2000 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:photodraw_2000:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft powerpoint 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft project 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft works 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0419

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