9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-16858
LibreOffice Directory Traversal Macro Execution Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 25, 2019, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 6, 2019, 5:15 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-16858 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16858 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 Libreoffice libreoffice
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
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-2018-16858.

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

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Henryisnotavailable/CVE-2018-16858-Python

Python implementation of CVE-2018-16858

Python

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 26, 2023, 2:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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bantu2301/CVE-2018-16858

None

Python

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 9, 2022, 1:36 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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nhthongDfVn/File-Converter-Exploit

A small collection of File converter vulnerability

Updated: 9 months, 4 weeks ago
5 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : March 22, 2022, 4:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.
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litneet64/containerized-bomb-disposal

Set of dockerfiles meant for throw-away instances that achieve a singular purpose: to "safely" interact (run, play, unzip, etc) with programs or files without the need of a full VM to avoid compromise of the host machine. Think of it as a bomb disposal device for files you don't trust that much but still need to run, unzip or play.

dockerfiles security sandboxing podman containerization container-security

Dockerfile

Updated: 3 years, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 1, 2021, 10:28 p.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.
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0xT11/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 1 month ago
82 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1111 different CVEs too.
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irsl/apache-openoffice-rce-via-uno-links

None

Updated: 6 months, 3 weeks ago
35 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Sept. 30, 2020, 7:14 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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phongld97/detect-cve-2018-16858

None

Python

Updated: 3 years, 9 months ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Nov. 7, 2019, 7:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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4nimanegra/libreofficeExploit1

CVE-2018-16858 exploit implementation

Ruby Shell

Updated: 9 months, 1 week ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 14, 2019, 11:10 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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NextronSystems/valhallaAPI

Valhalla API Client

CSS Makefile Python SCSS

Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago
62 stars 12 fork 12 watcher
Born at : March 7, 2019, 4:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-16858 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-16858 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. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-356
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00059.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/28 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2130 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec No Types Assigned http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16858 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16858 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/ No Types Assigned https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.0.7 *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.1.0 up to (excluding) 6.1.3
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-2018-16858 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-2018-16858 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

96.26 }} -0.06%

score

0.99570

percentile

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