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CVE-2002-0861

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) 2000 and 2002 allows remote attackers to bypass the "Allow paste operations via script" setting, even when it is disabled, via the (1) Copy method of the Cell object or (2) the Paste method of the Range object.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office Web Components: 2000, 2002
• Microsoft Project: 2000, 2002

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101829726516346&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8779.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4457
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-044
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101829726516346&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8779.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4457
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-044

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