CVE-2018-16858 HIGH

CVE-2018-16858

Vendor [Unknown]
Product libreoffice
Weakness CWE-356
Published March 25, 2019
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 25, 2019 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated