PT-2002-1238 · Microsoft · Office Excel+4

Published 2002-04-22 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2002-0152

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer versions 5.1 Outlook Express versions 5.0 through 5.0.2 Entourage versions X and 2001 PowerPoint versions X, 2001, and 98 Excel versions X and 2001

Description A buffer overflow issue affects various Microsoft applications for Macintosh, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by invoking the file:// directive with a large number of / characters.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer version 5.1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Outlook Express versions 5.0 through 5.0.2, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Entourage versions X and 2001, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For PowerPoint versions X, 2001, and 98, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Excel versions X and 2001, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0152

Affected Products

Entourage

Office Excel

Internet Explorer

Outlook Express

Office Powerpoint

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0152 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-019 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0152 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101897994314015&w=2 · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8850.php · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4517 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/5357 · Note