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CVE-2016-6803

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

Description

An installer defect known as an "unquoted Windows search path vulnerability" affected the Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.3 installers for Windows. The PC must have previously been infected by a Trojan Horse application (or user) running with administrative privilege. Any installer with the unquoted search path vulnerability becomes a delayed trigger for the exploit.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice: through 4.1.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94418
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037015
• https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2016-6803.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94418
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037015
• https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2016-6803.html

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