7.5

CVE-2000-0621: microsoft outlook

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 13-10-2000Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2000-0621 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in microsoft outlook. EPSS estimates a 22.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
22.14%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-10-2000
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Outlook 98 and 2000, and Outlook Express 4.0x and 5.0x, allow remote attackers to read files on the client's system via a malformed HTML message that stores files outside of the cache, aka the "Cache Bypass" vulnerability.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

22.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 22.14% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
22.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Microsoft2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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