Access Restriction Bypass Affecting openoffice package, versions [0,4.1.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.77% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENOFFICE-2382094
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Aug 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Aug 2014

CVE-2014-3575  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openoffice to version 4.1.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The OLE preview generation in Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.1 and OpenOffice.org (OOo) might allow remote attackers to embed arbitrary data into documents via crafted OLE objects.

CVSS Scores

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