CVE-2018-16858

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00059.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2130
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16858	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/28
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-03-25 18:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:59

NVD link : CVE-2018-16858

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16858

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-16858

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Products Affected

libreoffice

libreoffice

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-356

Product UI does not Warn User of Unsafe Actions

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