CVE-2002-1340 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) 10, specifically within the DataSourceControl's "ConnectionFile" property. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to determine the existence of local files on a system by observing exception messages. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it is a medium-severity vulnerability with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_components:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.