CVE-2018-16858
CVSS V2 High 7.5
CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
It 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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-16858
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2019-03-25T18:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-08-06T17:15:29
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 6.0.7 | |
| cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 6.1.0 | 6.1.3 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 9.8
- Base Severity
- CRITICAL
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16858 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec | Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2130 | |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/28 | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00059.html |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16858 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16858 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:39:25 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 18:35:45 | 2019-03-25T18:29Z | 2019-03-25T18:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 18:35:45 | 2019-08-06T17:15:29 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 18:35:45 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |