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A vulnerability was found in Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.2 (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 10/11/2016 by Stephen Kanthek and by Himanshu Mehta as Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 released as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at openoffice.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Apache. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-6804 since 08/12/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94199 (Apache OpenOffice < 4.1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 4.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (94199). See 92722 and 93853 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Office Suite Software

Vendor

• Apache

Name

• OpenOffice

Version

• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

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• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

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Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 94199
Nessus Name: Apache OpenOffice < 4.1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 803909
OpenVAS Name: Apache OpenOffice Unquoted Search Path And Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: OpenOffice 4.1.3

Timelineinfo

08/12/2016 🔍
10/11/2016 +60 days 🔍
10/11/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/11/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/14/2016 +3 days 🔍
10/16/2016 +2 days 🔍
10/21/2016 +5 days 🔍
11/20/2017 +395 days 🔍
09/26/2022 +1771 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 released
Researcher: Stephen Kanthek, by Himanshu Mehta
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
Coordinated: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-6804 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037016
SecurityFocus: 93774 - Apache OpenOffice CVE-2016-6804 DLL Loading Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2016 11:16
Updated: 09/26/2022 09:47
Changes: 10/16/2016 11:16 (71), 05/10/2019 18:47 (12), 09/26/2022 09:47 (3)
Complete: 🔍

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