Vulnerability CVE-2019-9853


Published: 2019-09-27

Description:
LibreOffice documents can contain macros. The execution of those macros is controlled by the document security settings, typically execution of macros are blocked by default. A URL decoding flaw existed in how the urls to the macros within the document were processed and categorized, resulting in the possibility to construct a document where macro execution bypassed the security settings. The documents were correctly detected as containing macros, and prompted the user to their existence within the documents, but macros within the document were subsequently not controlled by the security settings allowing arbitrary macro execution This issue affects: LibreOffice 6.2 series versions prior to 6.2.7; LibreOffice 6.3 series versions prior to 6.3.1.

Type:

CWE-116

(Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Libreoffice -> Libreoffice 

 References:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00005.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQGBRSD73KTDZ2MPAOL7FBWO3SQVYE5B/
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2019-9853/

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