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Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Microsoft Word and Excel
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Word and Excel.
Ken Pfeil
October 17, 2002
2 Min Read
Reported October 17, 2002, byMicrosoft.
VERSIONS AFFECTED
Microsoft Word 2002
Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Word 98(J)
Microsoft Word 97
Microsoft Excel 2002
Microsoft Word 2001 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word X for Macintosh
DESCRIPTION
An information disclosure vulnerability exists inWord and Excel that lets an attacker create a document that, when opened,updates itself to include the contents of any file from the vulnerable computer.
VENDOR RESPONSE
Thevendor, Microsoft, has released SecurityBulletin MS02-059(Flaw in Word Fields and Excel External Updates Could Lead to InformationDisclosure) to address this vulnerability and recommends that affected usersapply the appropriate patch mentioned in the bulletin.
CREDIT
Discovered by Microsoft.
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