VDB-18776 · CVE-2002-0860 · MS02-044

Microsoft Project 2000/2002 Office Web Components LoadText File information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Project 2000/2002 (Project Management Software). Affected by this issue is the function LoadText of the component Office Web Components. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (File). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was released 02/24/2002 by GreyMagic as MS02-044 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0860. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a exploit are known.

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 local.

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 4177.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 4453), X-Force (44727), Vulnerability Center (SBV-5750) and Tenable (34414). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 3822, 18774, 18777 and 34122.

Productinfoedit

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Project Management Software

Vendor

Microsoft

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CPE 2.3infoedit

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfoedit

Name: File
Class: Information disclosure / File
CWE: CWE-200
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34414
Nessus Name: MS KB956391: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: MS02-044

Snort ID: 4177
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Timelineinfoedit

02/24/2002 🔍
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04/08/2002 +43 days 🔍
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09/24/2002 +169 days 🔍
12/15/2003 +447 days 🔍
11/09/2004 +329 days 🔍
10/15/2008 +1436 days 🔍
07/23/2014 +2107 days 🔍
04/15/2016 +632 days 🔍
05/25/2019 +1135 days 🔍