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LibreOffice Hyperlink Document Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
4 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with LibreOffice and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to when processing a hyperlink target explicitly activated by the user there was no judgment made on whether the target was an executable file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
LibreOffice prior to 6.1.6 and 6.2 series prior to 6.2.3 on Windows.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to LibreOffice version 6.1.6 or 6.2.3 or later. Please see the references for more information.