Document Foundation LibreOffice up to 24.8.3 path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Document Foundation LibreOffice up to 24.8.3. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-12425. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Document Foundation LibreOffice up to 24.8.3. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows Absolute Path Traversal. An attacker can write to arbitrary locations, albeit suffixed with ".ttf", by supplying a file in a format that supports embedded font files. This issue affects LibreOffice: from 24.8 before < 24.8.4.

The advisory is shared at libreoffice.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-12425 since 12/10/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 T1006 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214314 (LibreOffice 24.8.x < 24.8.4 Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 24.8.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214314). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Office Suite Software

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• Document Foundation

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• LibreOffice

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• 24.8.0
• 24.8.1
• 24.8.2
• 24.8.3

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• open-source

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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