Information Exposure Affecting openoffice package, versions [,4.1.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENOFFICE-2382239
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Nov 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-3157  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openoffice to version 4.1.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. By exploiting the way Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.4 renders embedded objects, an attacker could craft a document that allows reading in a file from the user's filesystem. Information could be retrieved by the attacker by, e.g., using hidden sections to store the information, tricking the user into saving the document and convincing the user to send the document back to the attacker. The vulnerability is mitigated by the need for the attacker to know the precise file path in the target system, and the need to trick the user into saving the document and sending it back.

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