CVE Catalog
CVE-1999-0384
MediumExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk1.17%
63th percentile - higher than 63% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Forms 2.0 ActiveX control (included with Visual Basic for Applications 5.0) can read text from a user's clipboard when the user accesses documents with ActiveX content.
Risk Assessment
The ability to access user clipboard data without authorization poses a significant threat to privacy and information security.
Recommendation
It is recommended to limit the use of the Forms 2.0 ActiveX control and to monitor access to documents with ActiveX content.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Forms 2.0 ActiveX control (included with Visual Basic for Applications 5.0) can be used to read text from a user's clipboard when the user accesses documents with ActiveX content.