High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-13958
CVE-2020-13958
Description
A vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice scripting events allows an attacker to construct documents containing hyperlinks pointing to an executable on the target users file system. These hyperlinks can be triggered unconditionally. In fixed versions no internal protocol may be called from the document event handler and other hyperlinks require a control-click.
Affected products
3- Apache/OpenOfficedescription
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- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.0.0,<4.1.8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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