CVE-2000-0891

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A default ECL in Lotus Notes before 5.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by attaching a malicious program in an email message that is automatically executed when the user opens the email.

Published: 2001-07-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0891 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.99%). 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-2000-0891

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0891

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 2.15% 2.99% +0.83%
2 2026-02-03 1.84% 2.15% +0.32%
3 2025-09-29 — 1.84% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0891

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-2000-0891

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0891

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm lotus_notes <= 5.02 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0891

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