9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2006-5870
OpenOffice.org (OOo) and StarOffice WMF/EMF Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Multiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.0.4 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 2.1.0; and StarOffice 6 through 8; allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) WMF or (b) EMF file that triggers heap-based buffer overflows in (1) wmf/winwmf.cxx, during processing of META_ESCAPE records; and wmf/enhwmf.cxx, during processing of (2) EMR_POLYPOLYGON and (3) EMR_POLYPOLYGON16 records.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 31, 2006, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 17, 2018, 9:45 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-5870 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Openoffice openoffice
1 Sun staroffice
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-5870.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070101-01-P.asc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0002.htmly
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2344
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0001.html
http://osvdb.org/32610
http://osvdb.org/32611
http://secunia.com/advisories/23549 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23600 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23612 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23616 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23620 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23682 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23683 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23711 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23712 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23762 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23920 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-07.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017466
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102735-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1246
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220288 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:006
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerabilities-in-the-staroffice-suite/
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70042 Patch
http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/39509/alloc.overflows.wmf.patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0001.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455943/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455947/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455954/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455964/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456271/100/100/threaded
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-406-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0031 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0059 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31257
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-905
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8280
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9145

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-5870 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-5870 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455964/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455943/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/456271/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456271/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455964/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455943/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9145 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8280 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9145 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8280 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31257 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31257 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 04, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-5870 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-5870 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

11.79 }} 0.10%

score

0.94776

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability