Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 25, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-16858
CVE-2018-16858
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.
Affected products
1- Range: 6.0.7
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/mitreexploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00059.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2130mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_execmitrex_refsource_MISC
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/28mitremailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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