High severity · published Sep 27, 2019
CVE-2019-9853
LibreOffice documents can contain macros
7.8
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
LibreOffice documents can contain macros. The execution of those macros is controlled by the document security settings, typically execution of macros are blocked by default. A URL decoding flaw existed in how the urls to the macros within the document were processed and categorized, resulting in the possibility to construct a document where macro execution bypassed the security settings. The documents were correctly detected as containing macros, and prompted the user to their existence within the documents, but macros within the document were subsequently not controlled by the security settings allowing arbitrary macro execution This issue affects: LibreOffice 6.2 series versions prior to 6.2.7; LibreOffice 6.3 series versions prior to 6.3.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libreoffice · Libreoffice
6.2.0 before 6.2.6; 6.3.0 before 6.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9853
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9853
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00040.html
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156474/Open-Xchange-App-Suite-Documents-Server-Side-Request-Forgery.html
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/23
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/19c917f7c8a0d8f62142046fabfe3e2c7d6091ef1f92b99c6e79e24e%40%3Ccommits.openoffice.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/27339e8a9a1e9bb47fbdb939b338256d0356250a1974aaf4d774f683%40%3Ccommits.openoffice.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/306a374361891eb17c6cffc99c3d7be1d3152a99c839d4231edc1631%40%3Ccommits.openoffice.apache.org%3E
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