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CVE-2002-0861

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0861 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) 2000 and 2002 that allows remote attackers to bypass security settings, enabling unauthorized paste operations via script. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 7.5, has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized disclosure, modification, or denial of service. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_components:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_components:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1583 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-044
iss.net / security_center/static/8779.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/4457