CVE-2018-16858
Published: 4 February 2019
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.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
libreoffice Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(6.0.7/6.1.3)
|
| xenial |
Released
(1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial6)
|
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
(1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2)
|
|
| cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(1:6.1.4-0ubuntu0.18.10.1)
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.5)
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-6-0&id=b1c85cdb37a47998f8ab135fbc96f186334b171c (6.0) |
||
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |