Apache OpenOffice Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Feb 2019) - Mac OS X
🗓️ 07 Feb 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LibreOffice 6.0.7 / 6.1.3 - Macro Code Execution Exploit | 18 Apr 201900:00 | – | zdt | |
| LibreOffice < 6.2.6 Macro - Python Code Execution Exploit | 21 Aug 201900:00 | – | zdt | |
| Exploit for Product UI does not Warn User of Unsafe Actions in Libreoffice | 14 Apr 201911:10 | – | githubexploit | |
| LibreOffice Macro Code Execution | 25 Mar 201900:00 | – | attackerkb | |
| Important: libreoffice | 25 Sep 202300:00 | – | amazon | |
| Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0038: libreoffice (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0038) | 14 May 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 7 : libreoffice (CESA-2019:2130) | 30 Aug 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-1669-1 : libreoffice security update | 11 Feb 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-1947-1 : libreoffice security update | 7 Oct 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-4381-1 : libreoffice - security update | 4 Feb 201900:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| thehackernews | www.thehackernews.com/2019/02/hacking-libreoffice-openoffice.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:openoffice";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.814828");
script_version("2025-01-21T05:37:33+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:"2025-01-21 05:37:33 +0000 (Tue, 21 Jan 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 11:49:32 +0530 (Thu, 07 Feb 2019)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_name("Apache OpenOffice Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Feb 2019) - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache OpenOffice Writer 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
LibreOffices 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:"Apache OpenOffice Writer through version 4.1.7.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://thehackernews.com/2019/02/hacking-libreoffice-openoffice.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_openoffice_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("OpenOffice/MacOSX/Version");
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);
ver = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less_equal(version:ver, test_version:"4.1.7")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:ver, fixed_version:"None", install_path:path);
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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21 Jan 2025 00:00Current
9.3High risk
Vulners AI Score9.3
CVSS 27.5
CVSS 37.8 - 9.8
EPSS0.67321