Microsoft Excel 2000/2002 Macro Security privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 2000/2002 (Spreadsheet Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Macro Security Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Macro Security Model in Microsoft Excel 2000 and 2002 for Windows allows remote attackers to execute code in the Local Computer zone by embedding HTML scripts within an Excel workbook that contains an XSL stylesheet, aka "Excel XSL Stylesheet Script Execution".

The weakness was disclosed 08/12/2002 by Georgi Guninski as MS02-031 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-0618. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11336 (MS02-031: Cumulative patches for Excel and Word for Windows (324458)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110153 (Microsoft Excel and Word Cumulative Security Update (MS02-031)).

Applying the patch MS02-031 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (11336). The entries 15930, 18590, 18591 and 18593 are pretty similar.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 11336
Nessus Name: MS02-031: Cumulative patches for Excel and Word for Windows (324458)
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Patch: MS02-031

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05/24/2002 🔍
06/19/2002 +26 days 🔍
08/12/2002 +54 days 🔍
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03/10/2003 +210 days 🔍
07/22/2014 +4152 days 🔍
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS02-031
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0618 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 4821 - Microsoft Excel XML Stylesheet Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

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Created: 07/22/2014 22:32
Updated: 06/08/2018 11:16
Changes: 07/22/2014 22:32 (58), 06/08/2018 11:16 (9)
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