Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2000-0854
CVE-2000-0854
Description
When a Microsoft Office 2000 document is launched, the directory of that document is first used to locate DLL's such as riched20.dll and msi.dll, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands by inserting a Trojan Horse DLL into the same directory as the document.
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References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1699nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2000-q3/0117.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0277.htmlnvd
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0155.htmlnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5263nvd
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