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    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.

    Published:Feb 1, 2019
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Mar 25, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.92577
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Libreoffice
    Product
    Libreoffice
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727https://github.com/4nimanegra/libreofficeExploit1https://github.com/bantu2301/CVE-2018-16858https://github.com/Henryisnotavailable/CVE-2018-16858-Pythonhttps://github.com/phongld97/detect-cve-2018-16858

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    References

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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High