OpenOffice up to 2.0.3 Rc6 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenOffice. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2198. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in OpenOffice (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

OpenOffice.org (aka StarOffice) 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via an OpenOffice document with a malicious BASIC macro, which is executed without prompting the user.

The bug was discovered 06/30/2006. The weakness was shared 06/30/2006 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2198 since 05/04/2006. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23467 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is . The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117684 (CentOS Security Update for OpenOffice.org (CESA-2006:0573)).

Upgrading to version 1.1.x eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27564), Tenable (23467), SecurityFocus (BID 18738†), OSVDB (26940†) and Secunia (SA20867†). The entries VDB-31101 and VDB-31100 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 23467
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OpenVAS ID: 57070
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1104-1 (openoffice.org)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenOffice 1.1.x

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2198 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2198
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31099

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X-Force: 27564
SecurityFocus: 18738 - OpenOffice Arbitrary Macro Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 20867 - OpenOffice Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 26940 - OpenOffice.org (OOo) Document BASIC Macro Arbitrary Command Execution
SecurityTracker: 1016414
Vulnerability Center: 12159 - OpenOffice BASIC Macros Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2607

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 01/20/2025 08:12
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (83), 06/22/2019 07:51 (1), 07/12/2021 15:05 (3), 01/20/2025 08:12 (15)
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