CVE-2014-3524
OpenOffice Calc Command Injection Vulnerability
Severity: Important
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected:
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 and older on Windows.
OpenOffice.org versions may also be affected.
Description:
The vulnerability allows command injection when loading Calc spreadsheets. Specially crafted documents can be used for command-injection attacks. Further exploits are possible but have not been verified.
Mitigation:
Apache OpenOffice users are advised to upgrade to Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1. Users who are unable to upgrade immediately should be cautious when opening untrusted documents.
Credits:
The Apache OpenOffice security team credits Rohan Durve and James Kettle of Context Information Security as the discoverer of this flaw.
Herbert Darr
Member of the Apache OpenOffice Security Team