Arbitrary file disclosure in LibreOffice - CVE-2017-3157
Published: February 22, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5891
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 1.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3157
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
LibreOffice
OpenOffice
libreoffice (Debian package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Ubuntu
OpenOffice
libreoffice (Debian package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Ubuntu
How to mitigate CVE-2017-3157
The vulnerability is fixed in the following versions: 5.1.6, 5.2.2, and 5.3.0
libreoffice (Debian package) - update to 1:4.3.3-2+deb8u6