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    CVE-2006-2198

    OpenOffice.org (aka StarOffice) 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via an OpenOffice document with a malicious BASIC macro, which is executed without prompting the user.

    Published:Jun 29, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jun 30, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.07757
    CVSS Score:7.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Openoffice
    Product
    Openoffice
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Staroffice

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2008-2366 (CVSS 4.4) — Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for OpenOffice.org (OOo) 1.1.x on Red Ha…
    CVE-2007-5745 (CVSS 6.8) — Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in OpenOffice.org before 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of …
    CVE-2007-4575 (CVSS 9.3) — HSQLDB before 1.8.0.9, as used in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2 before 2.3.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers t…
    CVE-2007-4251 (CVSS 4.3) — OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.2 does not properly handle files with multiple extensions, which allows user-assisted r…
    CVE-2007-0245 (CVSS 9.3) — Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitr…
    CVE-2007-0238 (CVSS 9.3) — Stack-based buffer overflow in filter\starcalc\scflt.cxx in the StarCalc parser in OpenOffice.org (OOo) Office…
    CVE-2007-0239 (CVSS 9.3) — OpenOffice.org (OOo) Office Suite allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shel…
    CVE-2006-5870 (CVSS 9.3) — Multiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.0.4 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 2.1.0…
    CVE-2006-6628 (CVSS 4.3) — Integer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of servic…
    CVE-2006-2199 (CVSS 7.6) — Unspecified vulnerability in Java Applets in OpenOffice.org 1.1.x (aka StarOffice) up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x befor…

    References

    http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2343
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20867
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20893
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20910
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20911
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20913
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20975
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20995
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21278
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22129
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23620
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-12.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016414
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102490-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1104
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/170113
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:118
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_40_openoffice.html
    http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2006-2199.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0573.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447035/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18738
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-313-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-313-2
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2607
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2621
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27564
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-475
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11082
    http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2343
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20867
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20893
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20910
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20911
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20913
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20975
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20995
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21278
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22129
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23620
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-12.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016414
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102490-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1104
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/170113
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:118
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_40_openoffice.html
    http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2006-2199.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0573.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447035/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18738
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-313-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-313-2
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2607
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2621
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27564
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-475
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11082

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High