Microsoft Word up to 2002 Macro Warning privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Word 97/98/2000/2001/2002. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Macro Warning Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2001-0501. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Word 97/98/2000/2001/2002 (Word Processing Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Macro Warning Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Word 2002 and earlier allows attackers to automatically execute macros without warning the user by embedding the macros in a manner that escapes detection by the security scanner.

The weakness was released 07/21/2001 with Microsoft (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0501. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110000 (Malformed Word Document Could Enable Macro to Run Automatically (MS01-034)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6732), SecurityFocus (BID 2876†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4213†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/23/2001 🔍
06/21/2001 +29 days 🔍
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04/28/2004 +1012 days 🔍
07/07/2014 +3722 days 🔍
10/06/2025 +4109 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0501 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0501
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17066
X-Force: 6732
SecurityFocus: 2876 - Microsoft Word Document Macro Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4213 - [MS01-034] Microsoft Word 2002 Allows Macros Execution, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 15:40
Updated: 10/06/2025 06:55
Changes: 07/07/2014 15:40 (56), 05/21/2019 11:17 (4), 10/06/2025 06:55 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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