CVE-2018-6871 (GCVE-0-2018-6871)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-09 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:17
VLAI
Summary
LibreOffice before 5.4.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via =WEBSERVICE calls in a document, which use the COM.MICROSOFT.WEBSERVICE function.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-02-09 00:00
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