Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components
CVE-2002-1338
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.234 (97.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.234 · newest: 0.234 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office Web Components — versions 2002
References
- security.greymagic.com/adv/gm008-ie/ (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8784 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/156123 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4454 (vdb-entry)