CVE-2002-1143

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1143
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-04-11 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Word and Excel allow remote attackers to steal sensitive information via certain field codes that insert the information when the document is returned to the attacker, as demonstrated in Word using (1) INCLUDETEXT or (2) INCLUDEPICTURE, aka "Flaw in Word Fields and Excel External Updates Could Lead to Information Disclosure."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Excel 2002 All All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2002 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2002 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Word All All All All
Application Microsoft Word 2000 All All All
Application Microsoft Word 2000 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Word 2000 sr1 All All
Application Microsoft Word 2000 sr1a All All
Application Microsoft Word 2001 All All All
Application Microsoft Word 2002 All All All
Application Microsoft Word 2002 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Word 2002 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Word 97 All All All
Application Microsoft Word 97 sr1 All All
Application Microsoft Word 97 sr2 All All
Application Microsoft Word 98 All All All
Application Microsoft Word 98 All All All
Application Microsoft Word 98 All All ja

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISS X-Force Database: word-includepicture-read-files (10155): Microsoft Word INCLUDEPICTURE field in shared documents can be used to read other files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Broken Link
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-059 - Moderate | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
'More vulnerabilities (Re: Security side-effects of Word fields)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: word-includetext-read-files (10008): Microsoft Word INCLUDETEXT field in shared documents can be used to read other files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Broken Link
Developer tools, technical documentation and coding examples | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Word INCLUDEPICTURE Document Sharing File Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Microsoft Word / Excel INCLUDETEXT Document Sharing File Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
'Security side-effects of Word fields' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#899713 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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