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CVE-2018-16858

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 25, 2019 at 05:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibreoffice

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 67%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Libreoffice· Libreoffice
95%
v < 6.0.76.1.0 ≤ v < 6.1.36.0.76.1.3
Affected range stops below 6.0.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00059.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2130
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16858
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/28
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/

CVSS

7.8HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-356CWE-22

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