LibreOffice RCE Vulnerability (Feb 2019) - Windows

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:libreoffice:libreoffice";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.814826");
  script_version("2025-10-29T05:40:29+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-16858");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-10-29 05:40:29 +0000 (Wed, 29 Oct 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-08-06 17:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 06 Aug 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-02-07 10:05:21 +0530 (Thu, 07 Feb 2019)");
  script_name("LibreOffice RCE Vulnerability (Feb 2019) - Windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"LibreOffice is prone to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists in the file 'pydoc.py' in
  LibreOffice's Python interpreter which accepts and executes arbitrary commands.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to execute arbitrary code and traverse directories.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"LibreOffice before 6.0.7 and 6.1.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.0.7, 6.1.3 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_libreoffice_smb_login_detect.nasl",
                      "gb_libreoffice_portable_wmi_login_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("LibreOffice/Win/Ver");
  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"6.0.7")){
  fix = "6.0.7";
}

else if(vers =~ "^6.1\." && version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"6.1.3")){
  fix = "6.1.3";
}

if(fix) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:fix, install_path:path);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);