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Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) are a collection of ActiveX objects which provide limited Office functionality to web pages. OWC is installed by default with both Office 2000 and Office XP. A vulnerability has been reported within some versions of the OWC DataSourceControl component. It is possible for a web page using this component to verify the existence of any specified local file through the use of the ConnectionFile property.

Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC) are a collection of ActiveX objects which provide limited Office functionality to web pages. OWC is installed by default with both Office 2000 and Office XP. A vulnerability has been reported within some versions of the OWC DataSourceControl component. It is possible for a web page using this component to verify the existence of any specified local file through the use of the ConnectionFile property.