Microsoft Office XP/Internet Explorer OWC File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	5359
Class:	Design Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 30 2002 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 30 2002 12:00AM
Credit:	Announced by Georgi Guninski.
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Office XP - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows ME - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 - Microsoft Windows XP Home - Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Office Web Components 2002 + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Developer Edition + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Enterprise Edition + Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 + Microsoft Money 2002 + Microsoft Money 2003 + Microsoft Office XP + Microsoft Project 2002 + Microsoft Project Server 2002 Microsoft Office Web Components 2000 0 + Microsoft Back Office Server 2000 + Microsoft Back Office Server 2000 + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition SP2 + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition SP2 + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition SP1a + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition SP1a + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP2 + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP2 + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP1a + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP1a + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition SP2 + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition SP2 + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition SP1a + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition SP1a + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Developer Edition + Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Enterprise Edition + Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 SP2 + Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 SP2 + Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 SP1 + Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 SP1 + Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 + Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 + Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 + Microsoft Internet Explorer for Unix SP2 + Microsoft ISA Server 2000 SP2 + Microsoft ISA Server 2000 SP1 + Microsoft ISA Server 2000 SP1 + Microsoft ISA Server 2000 FP1 + Microsoft ISA Server 2000 + Microsoft ISA Server 2000 + Microsoft ISA Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP2 + Microsoft ISA Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP1 + Microsoft ISA Server 2000 Enterprise Edition + Microsoft Office 2000 SP2 + Microsoft Office 2000 SP2 + Microsoft Office 2000 SP1 + Microsoft Office 2000 SP1 + Microsoft Office 2000 + Microsoft Office 2000 + Microsoft Office XP SP3 + Microsoft Office XP SP2 + Microsoft Office XP SP1 + Microsoft Office XP + Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 0 + Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 + Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect + Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect Edition + Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer Edition Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows 98SE - Microsoft Windows 98SE - Microsoft Windows 98SE - Microsoft Windows ME - Microsoft Windows ME - Microsoft Windows ME - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium 0 + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium 0 + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0 + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0 + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0 + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition + Microsoft Windows XP Home + Microsoft Windows XP Home + Microsoft Windows XP Home + Microsoft Windows XP Professional + Microsoft Windows XP Professional + Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Not Vulnerable:

Microsoft Office XP/Internet Explorer OWC File Creation Vulnerability

A reliable source has announced a vulnerability affecting users of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office XP.

The vulnerability is related to Office Web Components (OWC), a set of plugins for MSIE that have been taken off of Microsoft's website for security reasons.

It is possible to abuse OWC in combination with a malicious .xls or .xla file to cause an almost arbitrary file to be written to a client system. This issue affects systems that still have OWC installed and may be exploited from a malicious webpage.

This issue is a variation of the problem described in Bugtraq ID 4398.

Microsoft Office XP/Internet Explorer OWC File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Microsoft Office XP/Internet Explorer OWC File Creation Vulnerability

References:

• IE and .xla leads to problems (Georgi Guninski)