OpenOffice up to 2.0 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in OpenOffice up to 2.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-4636. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in OpenOffice up to 2.0 (Office Suite Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

OpenOffice.org 2.0 and earlier, when hyperlinks has been disabled, does not prevent the user from clicking the WWW-browser button in the Hyperlink dialog, which makes it easier for attackers to trick the user into bypassing intended security settings.

The bug was discovered 12/28/2005. The weakness was published 12/31/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4636 since 01/09/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20854 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : OpenOffice.org (MDKSA-2006:033)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (20854), OSVDB (22074†), SecurityTracker (ID 1015419†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-10272†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 20854
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : OpenOffice.org (MDKSA-2006:033)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/28/2005 🔍
12/28/2005 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +3 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +0 days 🔍
01/09/2006 +9 days 🔍
02/02/2006 +24 days 🔍
02/05/2006 +3 days 🔍
02/12/2006 +7 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3315 days 🔍
06/13/2019 +1554 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-4636 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4636
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27955
OSVDB: 22074 - CVE-2005-4636 - OpenOffice.org - Security Bypass Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015419
Vulnerability Center: 10272 - OpenOffice Hyperlinks Disabling is only Partial, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/13/2019 20:06
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (59), 06/13/2019 20:06 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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