Microsoft Office XP Spreadsheet Host privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Office XP. Affected is the function Host of the component Spreadsheet. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2002-1716. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Office XP (Office Suite Software). This affects the function Host of the component Spreadsheet. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Host() function in the Microsoft spreadsheet component on Microsoft Office XP allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files using the SaveAs capability.

The bug was discovered 03/31/2002. The weakness was shared 12/31/2002 by Georgi Guninski as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1716 since 06/21/2005. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/01/2019). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 275 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8711), SecurityFocus (BID 4398†), OSVDB (23591†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8049†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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03/31/2002 🔍
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12/31/2002 +275 days 🔍
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05/22/2005 +873 days 🔍
06/21/2005 +30 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +3331 days 🔍
06/01/2019 +1762 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1716 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1716
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19359
X-Force: 8711 - Microsoft Office XP spreadsheet component host() function cross-application scripting
SecurityFocus: 4398 - Microsoft Office XP Spreadsheet Host().SaveAs() File Creation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 23591 - Microsoft - Office XP - Spreadsheet Host().SaveAs() - File Creation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 8049 - Arbitrary Files Creation in Office XP via Spreadsheet Components HOST() Function, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 16:34
Updated: 06/01/2019 17:38
Changes: 08/04/2014 16:34 (64), 06/01/2019 17:38 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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