CVE-2018-16858

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-16858
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-25 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-08-06 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIt 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice All All All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1929-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
1649841 – (CVE-2018-16858) CVE-2018-16858 libreoffice: Arbitrary python functions in arbitrary modules on the filesystem can be executed without warning CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2018-16858 | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Fun Project - Fantastic People MISC www.libreoffice.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
LibreOffice Macro Code Execution MISC www.rapid7.com Third Party Advisory
LibreOffice < 6.0.7 / 6.1.3 - Macro Code Execution (Metasploit) - Multiple local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4501-1] libreoffice security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
LibreOffice Macro Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377232 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for libreoffice (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0074)
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