Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.15 OLE Object improper authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.15. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component OLE Object Handler. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-64402. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.15. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component OLE Object Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Apache OpenOffice documents can contain links. A missing Authorization vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice allowed an attacker to craft a document that would cause external links to be loaded without prompt. In the affected versions of Apache OpenOffice, documents that used "OLE objects" linked to external files would load the contents of those files without prompting the user for permission to do so. This issue affects Apache OpenOffice: through 4.1.15. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.1.16, which fixes the issue.

The advisory is available at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-64402. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/12/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.1.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2577). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Apache OpenOffice

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Type

• Office Suite Software

Vendor

• Apache

Name

• OpenOffice

Version

• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.1.5
• 4.1.6
• 4.1.7
• 4.1.8
• 4.1.9
• 4.1.10
• 4.1.11
• 4.1.12
• 4.1.13
• 4.1.14
• 4.1.15

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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