CVE-2002-0727 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Host function in Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) 2000 and 2002 is exposed in components that are marked as safe for scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the setTimeout method.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 9.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_components:2000:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_components:2002:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2002:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0719	The Host function in Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) 2000 and 2002 is exposed in components that are marked as safe for scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the setTimeout method.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.09515.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101829645415486&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8777.php
http://www.osvdb.org/3006
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4449
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-044

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Web Components Project

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.735Z

Reserved: 2002-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0727

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-09-24T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0727

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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