High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 13, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2016-6803
CVE-2016-6803
Description
An installer defect known as an "unquoted Windows search path vulnerability" affected the Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.3 installers for Windows. The PC must have previously been infected by a Trojan Horse application (or user) running with administrative privilege. Any installer with the unquoted search path vulnerability becomes a delayed trigger for the exploit.
Affected products
1- Apache Software Foundation/Apache OpenOfficev5Range: 4.0.0 to 4.1.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94418nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037015nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2016-6803.htmlnvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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