CVE-2005-4636

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

OpenOffice.org 2.0 and earlier, when hyperlinks has been disabled, does not prevent the user from clicking the WWW-browser button in the Hyperlink dialog, which makes it easier for attackers to trick the user into bypassing intended security settings.

Affected products

Openoffice: 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3 (+3)

References

http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=53491
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015419
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:033
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=53491
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015419
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:033

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