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CVE-2002-0727
The Host function in Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) 2000 and 2002 is exposed in components that are marked as safe for scripting,…
High7.5EPSS 18.8%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.8% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- MS02-044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 3006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- owc-spreadsheet-host-script-execution (8777) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020408 Scripting for the scriptless with OWC in IE (GM#005-IE) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4449 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .