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, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the setTimeout method.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 18.85% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/office web components · microsoft/project
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 18.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101829645415486&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8777.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/3006
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4449
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-044
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101829645415486&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8777.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/3006
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4449
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-044
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.