CVE-2006-2198

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2198
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-30 18:05:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS: 0.077570000 probability, percentile 0.919620000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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 Sun Staroffice 7.0 All All All
Application Sun Staroffice 8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora update for openoffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#170113 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Ubuntu update for openoffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for OpenOffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenOffice Arbitrary Macro Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Mandriva update for OpenOffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
StarOffice / StarSuite Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for openoffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
usn/usn-313-2 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SUSE update for OpenOffice_org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rPath update for openoffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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[#RPL-475] multiple openoffice.org vulnerabilities CVE-2006-2198 CVE-2006-3117 - rPath JIRA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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