PT-2002-2268 · Microsoft · Office Web Components

Published 2002-12-11 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2002-1339

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) 10

Description: The issue concerns the "XMLURL" property in the Spreadsheet component, which follows redirections. This allows remote attackers to determine if local files exist based on exceptions or to read WorkSheet XML files.

Recommendations: For Office Web Components (OWC) 10, consider restricting access to the Spreadsheet component until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the "XMLURL" property in sensitive operations to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1339

Affected Products

Office Web Components

References · 3

• 🔥 http://security.greymagic.com/adv/gm008-ie · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1339 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101830175621193&w=2 · Note