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CVE-2018-16858

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 67.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-356

Description

It was found that libreoffice before versions 6.0.7 and 6.1.3 was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack which could be used to execute arbitrary macros bundled with a document. An attacker could craft a document, which when opened by LibreOffice, would execute a Python method from a script in any arbitrary file system location, specified relative to the LibreOffice install location.

Affected products

• The Document Foundation LibreOffice: before 6.0.7; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.3 — fixed in 6.0.7, 6.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: The Document Foundation LibreOffice 6.0.7, 6.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00059.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2130
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16858
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/28
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/
• https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00059.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2130

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