Code Injection in OpenOffice - CVE-2021-30245
Published: April 16, 2021 / Updated: October 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU52294
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-30245
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the non-http(s) schemes in Hyperlinks. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
OpenOffice
How to mitigate CVE-2021-30245
Install update from vendor's website.
OpenOffice - update to 4.1.10
External References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7c01173f763b0c4212ada0e6ab283984d6e058d72258efce85c006ab@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r87ff11512e4883052991e6b725e20294224034ea8453b811fb3ee735%40%3Cusers.openoffice.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r87ff11512e4883052991e6b725e20294224034ea8453b811fb3ee735@%3Cdev.openoffice.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r87ff11512e4883052991e6b725e20294224034ea8453b811fb3ee735@%3Cusers.openoffice.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra2cabdc083d5160a84de9a6436296ee5030fb3a16dc490dee4f983d5@%3Cdev.openoffice.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra2cabdc083d5160a84de9a6436296ee5030fb3a16dc490dee4f983d5@%3Cusers.openoffice.apache.org%3E