Arbitrary file disclosure in LibreOffice - CVE-2017-3157
Published: February 22, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5891
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3157
CWE-ID: CWE-200
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 obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists within calc and write functionality of LibreOffice when processing embedded objects during preview of files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted document, linked to an existing file on victims system, trick the victim into opening the document, saving it and sending back to the attacker.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary files on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-3157
The vulnerability is fixed in the following versions: 5.1.6, 5.2.2, and 5.3.0