ubuntu-cve-2018-16858
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-02-04 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16858",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:43Z",
"published": "2019-02-04T00:00:00Z",
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{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16858"
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{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/"
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://insert-script.blogspot.com/2019/02/libreoffice-cve-2018-16858-remote-code.html"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3883-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16858"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-3883-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2018-16858"
]
}
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