PT-2002-1149 · Microsoft · Xml Core Services

Published 2002-03-08 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2002-0057

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft XML Core Services versions 2.6 and later

Description The issue arises from the XMLHTTP control in Microsoft XML Core Services not properly handling IE Security Zone settings. This allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying a local file as an XML Data Source.

Recommendations For Microsoft XML Core Services versions 2.6 and later, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0057

Affected Products

Xml Core Services

References · 7

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0152.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0057 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-008 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3699 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101366383408821&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7712 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/3032 · Note