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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2002-1143 json

Microsoft Word and Excel allow remote attackers to steal sensitive information via certain field codes that insert the information when the…

published 2003-04-03 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1131

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
53.6%
EPSS 53.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21764)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

53.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21812 Microsoft Word 95/97/98/2000/2002 - 'INCLUDEPICTURE' Document Sharing File Disclosure remote, 2002-09-20
  • EDB-21764 Microsoft Word 95/97/98/2000/2002 / Excel 2002 - INCLUDETEXT Document Sharing File Disclosure remote, 2002-08-26
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5586 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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