CVE-2018-16858
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Mar 25, 2019
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2018
Description
It was found that libreoffice before versions 6.0.7 and 6.1.3 was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack which could be used to execute arbitrary macros bundled with a document. An attacker could craft a document, which when opened by LibreOffice, would execute a Python method from a script in any arbitrary file system location, specified relative to the LibreOffice install location.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libreoffice[UNKNOWN] |
|
References
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16858
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec
- 46727exploit
- RHSA-2019:2130vendor-advisory
- 20190815 [SECURITY] [DSA 4501-1] libreoffice security updatemailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1929vendor-advisory
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