CVE Vulnerability

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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-03-25 06:29

Updated : 2019-08-06 05:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-16858

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16858

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-22