Microsoft Project 2002 Office Web Components setTimeout privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Project 2002 (Project Management Software). Affected is the function setTimeout of the component Office Web Components. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Host function in Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) 2000 and 2002 is exposed in components that are marked as safe for scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the setTimeout method.

The weakness was shared 03/10/2002 by GreyMagic as MS02-044 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0727. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34414 (MS KB956391: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Applying the patch MS02-044 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 4170.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44727) and Tenable (34414). The entries 3822, 18776, 18777 and 34122 are related to this item.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 34414
Nessus Name: MS KB956391: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits
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Patch: MS02-044

Snort ID: 4170
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS02-044
Researcher: GreyMagic
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0727 (🔍)
X-Force: 44727
Vulnerability Center: 4099 - [MS02-044] Microsoft Office Web Components 2000 and 2002 Allow Commands Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 4449 - Microsoft Office Web Components Active Script Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 3006 - Microsoft IE OWC Script Execution

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 07/23/2014 11:01
Updated: 06/27/2021 15:04
Changes: 07/23/2014 11:01 (76), 05/20/2019 18:44 (3), 06/27/2021 15:04 (3)
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