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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Word 2000 (Word Processing Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Mail Merge Tool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Mail Merge Tool in Microsoft Word 2002 for Windows, when Microsoft Access is present on a system, allows remote attackers to execute Visual Basic (VBA) scripts within a mail merge document that is saved in HTML format, aka a "Variant of MS00-071, Word Mail Merge Vulnerability" (CVE-2000-0788).

The weakness was presented 08/12/2002 as MS02-031 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-0619. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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). See 15930, 18590, 18591 and 18592 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Word Processing Software

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Word

Version

• 2000

License

• commercial

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 11336
Nessus Name: MS02-031: Cumulative patches for Excel and Word for Windows (324458)
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Patch: MS02-031

Timelineinfo

06/19/2002 🔍
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03/10/2003 +210 days 🔍
07/22/2014 +4152 days 🔍
04/12/2019 +1725 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS02-031
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0619 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 5066 - Microsoft Word Mail Merge Code Execution HTML File Variant Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2014 22:32
Updated: 04/12/2019 20:51
Changes: 07/22/2014 22:32 (57), 04/12/2019 20:51 (9)
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