CVE-2006-2198

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2198
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-30 18:05:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-18 16:38:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenOffice.org (aka StarOffice) 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via an OpenOffice document with a malicious BASIC macro, which is executed without prompting the user.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.0 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.1a All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.1b 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 2.0.0 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.0_rc1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.0_rc2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.0_rc3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.2_rc1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.2_rc2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.2_rc3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.2_rc4 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.3_rc3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.3_rc4 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.3_rc5 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.3_rc6 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.0 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.1a All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 1.1.1b 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 2.0.0 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.0_rc1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.0_rc2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.0_rc3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.2_rc1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.2_rc2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.2_rc3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.2_rc4 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.3_rc3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.3_rc4 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.3_rc5 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.0.3_rc6 All All All
Application Sun Staroffice 7.0 All All All
Application Sun Staroffice 8.0 All All All
Application Sun Staroffice 7.0 All All All
Application Sun Staroffice 8.0 All All All

References

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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1104-2 openoffice.org DEBIAN www.debian.org
StarOffice / StarSuite Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for openoffice.org - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
usn/usn-313-2 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
OpenOffice Arbitrary Macro Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
rPath update for openoffice.org - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 5 Update: openoffice.org-2.0.2-5.20.2 | FedoraNEWS.ORG FEDORA fedoranews.org
usn/usn-313-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#170113 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
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Gentoo update for OpenOffice.org - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2006-2199 CONFIRM www.openoffice.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - OpenOffice.org Bugs Let Java Scripts Escape the Sandbox, Macro Code Be Executed, or Arbitrary Code Be Executed on the Target System SECTRACK securitytracker.com
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Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
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#102490: Security Vulnerability With Macros in StarOffice/StarSuite SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com Patch
[#RPL-475] multiple openoffice.org vulnerabilities CVE-2006-2198 CVE-2006-3117 - rPath JIRA CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
Red Hat update for OpenOffice.org - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenOffice Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for OpenOffice.org - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SUSE update for OpenOffice_org - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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