CVE-2002-1143

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
32.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 3% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: April 11, 2003 (8434 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Word and Excel allow remote attackers to steal sensitive information via certain field codes that insert the information when the document is returned to the attacker, as demonstrated in Word using (1) INCLUDETEXT or (2) INCLUDEPICTURE, aka "Flaw in Word Fields and Excel External Updates Could Lead to Information Disclosure."

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft excelmicrosoft word

References

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