CVE-2016-6803

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
An installer defect known as an "unquoted Windows search path vulnerability" affected the Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.3 installers for Windows. The PC must have previously been infected by a Trojan Horse application (or user) running with administrative privilege. Any installer with the unquoted search path vulnerability becomes a delayed trigger for the exploit.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6803
  • Assigner
  • security@apache.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-11-13T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-11-29T17:15:19
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-426 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.1.2
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2016-6803.html Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037015 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94418 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6803
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6803
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:10:26 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 22:57:57 2017-11-13T14:29Z 2017-11-13T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 22:57:57 2017-11-29T17:15:19 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 22:57:57 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated