CVE-2002-0727: Microsoft Office Web Components

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 18.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Host function in Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) 2000 and 2002 is exposed in components that are marked as safe for scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the setTimeout method.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office Web Components: version 2000 only; version 2002 only
• Microsoft Project: version 2002 only

Published 2002-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.