CVE-2000-0653

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Microsoft Outlook Express allows remote attackers to monitor a user's email by creating a persistent browser link to the Outlook Express windows, aka the "Persistent Mail-Browser Link" vulnerability.

Published: 2000-07-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0653 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 47.40%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0653

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19738 exploit_db edb 2000-02-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0653

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 2026-03-16 50.29% 47.40% -2.88%
2 2025-06-01 50.20% 50.29% +0.09%
3 2025-03-30 — 50.20% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0653

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0653

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0653

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft outlook_express 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook_express 4.01 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:4.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook_express 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook_express 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0653

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