Microsoft Project 2000/2002 Office Web Components Copy/Paste privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Project 2000/2002 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function Copy/Paste of the component Office Web Components. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-0861. No exploit exists. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Project 2000/2002 (Project Management Software). This affects the function Copy/Paste 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. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) 2000 and 2002 allows remote attackers to bypass the "Allow paste operations via script" setting, even when it is disabled, via the (1) Copy method of the Cell object or (2) the Paste method of the Range object.

The weakness was disclosed 09/24/2002 by GreyMagic as MS02-044 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0861. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44727), Tenable (34414), SecurityFocus (BID 4457†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5751†). The entries VDB-3822, VDB-18774, VDB-18776 and VDB-34122 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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
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04/08/2002 🔍
09/24/2002 +169 days 🔍
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11/09/2004 +777 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-2002-0861 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0861
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18777
X-Force: 44727
SecurityFocus: 4457 - Microsoft Office Web Components Clipboard Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 5751 - [MS02-044] Microsoft Office Web Components Allows Gaining Control of the Clipboard Operations, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2014 11:03
Updated: 06/27/2021 15:15
Changes: 07/23/2014 11:03 (68), 05/25/2019 17:46 (4), 06/27/2021 15:15 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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