CVE-2016-6804

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Nov 20, 2017
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Aug 12, 2016

Description

The Apache OpenOffice installer (versions prior to 4.1.3, including some branded as OpenOffice.org) for Windows contains a defective operation that allows execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. This requires that the location in which the installer is run has been previously poisoned by a file that impersonates a dynamic-link library that the installer depends upon.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Apache OpenOfficeApache Software Foundation	4.0.0 to 4.1.2Affected older releases are also affected, including some branded as OpenOffice.orgAffected

References

https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2016-6804.html
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