VDB
CVE-2018-16858
CVE-2018-16858
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
It was found that libreoffice before versions 6.0.7 and 6.1.3 was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack which could be used to execute arbitrary macros bundled with a document. An attacker could craft a document, which when opened by LibreOffice, would execute a Python method from a script in any arbitrary file system location, specified relative to the LibreOffice install location.
EPSS 67.32% · 99.3th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
67.32%
99.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | libreoffice | *, 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu2, 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu3 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | libreoffice | 1:5.0.2-0ubuntu5, 1:5.0.2-0ubuntu8, 1:5.1.0~rc3-0ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- CVE Published
- Feb 7, 2019 PoC Published
- Apr 18, 2019 PoC Published
- Aug 21, 2019 PoC Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jul 27, 2021 PoC Published
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 5, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16858 third-party-advisory
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/ third-party-advisory
- https://insert-script.blogspot.com/2019/02/libreoffice-cve-2018-16858-remote-code.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3883-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16858 third-party-advisory