Vulnerability in Microsoft Hotmail

CVE-2000-0081

Hotmail does not properly filter JavaScript code from a user's mailbox, which allows a remote attacker to execute the code by using hexadecimal codes to specify the javascript: protocol, e.g. jAvascript.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.189 (97.2th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2000-0081: held from 0.188 to 0.189.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.188 · newest: 0.189 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2000-0081?
CVE-2000-0081 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Hotmail. Published 2000-01-10.
Is CVE-2000-0081 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.