Inadequate Encryption Strength in OpenOffice - CVE-2022-37401
Published: August 15, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66495
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37401
CWE-ID: CWE-326
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a poor encoding of the master key for web connections in the user’s configuration database, resulting in weakening its entropy from 128 to 43 bits. A local user can decrypt victim's password.
Affected software
OpenOffice
How to mitigate CVE-2022-37401
Install updates from vendor's website.
OpenOffice - update to 4.1.13