CVE - CVE-2018-16858

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-16858	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
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BUGTRAQ:20190815 [SECURITY] [DSA 4501-1] libreoffice security update URL:https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/28 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16858 EXPLOIT-DB:46727 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/ MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html MISC:http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec MISC:https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/ REDHAT:RHSA-2019:2130 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2130 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2019:1929 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00059.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20180911	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180911)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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