OpenOffice Meta Character Remote Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:22812

Info

OpenOffice Meta Character Remote Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22812
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-0239
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 20 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 24 2007 07:22PM
Credit: This issue was reported by the vendor.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
Sun StarSuite 8 Update 6
Sun StarSuite 7 PP9
Sun StarSuite 7
Sun StarSuite 6 PP6
Sun StarSuite 6
Sun StarOffice 7.0
Sun StarOffice 8 Update 6
Sun StarOffice 7.0 PP9
Sun StarOffice 6.0 PP6
Sun StarOffice 6.0
SGI ProPack 3.0 SP6
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9
S.u.S.E. Linux Desktop 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux 9.3 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 ppc
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86
rPath rPath Linux 1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Application 5 server
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Desktop 4.0
RedHat Desktop 3.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Pardus Linux 2007.1
OpenOffice OpenOffice 2.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
Gentoo app-office/openoffice-bin 2.1
Gentoo app-office/openoffice 2.0.3
Foresight Linux Foresight Linux 1.1
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Avaya Interactive Response 2.0
Not Vulnerable: Gentoo app-office/openoffice-bin 2.2
Gentoo app-office/openoffice 2.1.0-r1

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Exploit / POC

OpenOffice Meta Character Remote Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to open a malicious document and follow a specially crafted link.

Solution / Fix

OpenOffice Meta Character Remote Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Sun StarSuite 7

Sun StarOffice 6.0 PP6

Sun StarSuite 8 Update 6

Sun StarOffice 7.0 PP9

Sun StarSuite 6

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