PT-2002-2267 · Microsoft · Office Web Components

Published 2002-12-11 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2002-1338

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: Office Web Components (OWC) versions 9 through 10

Description: The issue concerns the Load method in the Chart component, which generates an exception when a specified file does not exist. This allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local files.

Recommendations: For Office Web Components (OWC) versions 9 through 10, consider restricting access to the Chart component's Load method to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the Load method with unverified file paths until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1338

Affected Products

Office Web Components

References · 6

• 🔥 http://security.greymagic.com/adv/gm008-ie · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1338 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101830175621193&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4454 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/156123 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8784 · Note