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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Project 2000/2002. Affected is the function LoadText of the component Office Web Components. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure (File). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-0860. Additionally, an exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

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. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The LoadText method in the spreadsheet component in Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) 2000 and 2002 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files through Internet Explorer via a URL that redirects to the target file.

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. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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 4177.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44727), Tenable (34414), SecurityFocus (BID 4453†), OSVDB (3007†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5750†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3822, VDB-18774, VDB-18777 and VDB-34122. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Name: File
Class: Information disclosure / File
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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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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Patch: MS02-044

Snort ID: 4177
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04/08/2002 +43 days 🔍
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09/24/2002 +169 days 🔍
12/15/2003 +447 days 🔍
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07/23/2014 +2107 days 🔍
06/27/2021 +2531 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS02-044
Researcher: GreyMagic
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0860 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0860
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18776
X-Force: 44727
SecurityFocus: 4453 - Microsoft Office Web Components Local File Read Vulnerability
OSVDB: 3007 - Microsoft IE OWC LoadText Read Arbitrary File
Vulnerability Center: 5750 - [MS02-044] Microsoft Office Web Components Allows Reading Arbitrary Files via LoadText Method, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2014 11:02
Updated: 06/27/2021 15:09
Changes: 07/23/2014 11:02 (74), 05/25/2019 17:38 (5), 06/27/2021 15:09 (3)
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