CVE-2005-4636

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4636
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionOpenOffice.org 2.0 and earlier, when hyperlinks has been disabled, does not prevent the user from clicking the WWW-browser button in the Hyperlink dialog, which makes it easier for attackers to trick the user into bypassing intended security settings.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.0.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.0.2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.0 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.4 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.5 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenOffice WWW-Browser Button May Not Properly Enforce Hyperlink Security Restrictions - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
53491 – Hyperlinkdialog: WWW-Browser button must respect security settings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 qa.openoffice.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxThis issue did not affect the versions of OpenOffice.org as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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