CVE-2002-1338 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Load method in the Chart component of Office Web Components (OWC) 9 and 10 generates an exception when a specified file does not exist, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local files.

Published: 2002-12-11

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 18.4% Moderate

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_components:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.18445.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101830175621193&w=2
http://security.greymagic.com/adv/gm008-ie/
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/156123
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4454
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8784

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Web Components

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-12-11T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.663Z

Reserved: 2002-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1338

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-18T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1338

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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