LibreOffice up to 24.2.4 Signed Macro certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in LibreOffice up to 24.2.4. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Signed Macro Handler. The manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-6472. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in LibreOffice up to 24.2.4. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Signed Macro Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Certificate Validation user interface in LibreOffice allows potential vulnerability. Signed macros are scripts that have been digitally signed by the developer using a cryptographic signature. When a document with a signed macro is opened a warning is displayed by LibreOffice before the macro is executed. Previously if verification failed the user could fail to understand the failure and choose to enable the macros anyway. This issue affects LibreOffice: from 24.2 before 24.2.5.

The advisory is shared at libreoffice.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-6472 since 07/03/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208051 (Amazon Linux 2 : libreoffice (ALASLIBREOFFICE-2024-004)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 24.2.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208051). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 208051
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux 2 : libreoffice (ALASLIBREOFFICE-2024-004)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: LibreOffice 24.2.5

Timelineinfo

07/03/2024 🔍
08/05/2024 +33 days 🔍
08/05/2024 +0 days 🔍
12/10/2025 +492 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: libreoffice.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6472 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6472
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-273581

Entryinfo

Created: 08/05/2024 16:02
Updated: 12/10/2025 21:23
Changes: 08/05/2024 16:02 (64), 10/06/2024 04:39 (3), 03/16/2025 01:25 (3), 12/10/2025 21:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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