Path traversal in LibreOffice - CVE-2019-9852
Published: September 4, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20861
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9852
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LibreOffice
Affected software:
LibreOffice
LibreOffice
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient URL encoding in script location checks. A remote attacker can by persuade a user to open a specially crafted document and execute preinstalled macros on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9852
Install updates from vendor's website.