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Sid
13468

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Office Web Components.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
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.

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft Office Web Components 2

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2002-0727:
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2002-0727

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