9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-6871
LibreOffice WebService File Disclosure
Description

LibreOffice before 5.4.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via =WEBSERVICE calls in a document, which use the COM.MICROSOFT.WEBSERVICE function.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 9, 2018, 6:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-6871 has a 7 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-2018-6871 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 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus
6 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Libreoffice libreoffice
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 9
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-2018-6871.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0418 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0517 Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-5-4-5&id=a916fc0c0e0e8b10cb4158fa0fa173fe205d434a Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jollheef/libreoffice-remote-arbitrary-file-disclosure Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3579-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4111 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44022/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-1055/ 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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pwnosec/CTF-Cheatsheet

Web CTF CheatSheet 🐈

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
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lnick2023/nicenice

None

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
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Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.
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duckstroms/Web-CTF-Cheatsheet

Web CTF CheatSheet 🐈

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Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
21 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : July 17, 2021, 6:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 23 different CVEs too.
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xbl3/awesome-cve-poc_qazbnm456

None

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1027 different CVEs too.
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jollheef/libreoffice-remote-arbitrary-file-disclosure

Proof of concept of LibreOffice remote arbitrary file disclosure vulnerability

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
94 stars 9 fork 9 watcher
Born at : Feb. 7, 2018, 11:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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w181496/Web-CTF-Cheatsheet

Web CTF CheatSheet 🐈

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Ruby PHP Batchfile PowerShell Python VBScript Classic ASP ASP.NET

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
2596 stars 475 fork 475 watcher
Born at : Dec. 14, 2017, 3:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.
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qazbnm456/awesome-cve-poc

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Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1042 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-2018-6871 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-6871 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
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-255 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0418 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0418 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0517 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0517 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3579-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3579-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3579-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0517 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0418 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/jollheef/libreoffice-remote-arbitrary-file-disclosure No Types Assigned https://github.com/jollheef/libreoffice-remote-arbitrary-file-disclosure Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-1055/ No Types Assigned https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-1055/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44022/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44022/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-5-4-5&id=a916fc0c0e0e8b10cb4158fa0fa173fe205d434a No Types Assigned https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-5-4-5&id=a916fc0c0e0e8b10cb4158fa0fa173fe205d434a Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4111 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4111 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-255
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.4.5 *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:6.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:6.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:6.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 20, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description LibreOffice through 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via =WEBSERVICE calls in a document, which use the COM.MICROSOFT.WEBSERVICE function. LibreOffice before 5.4.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via =WEBSERVICE calls in a document, which use the COM.MICROSOFT.WEBSERVICE function.
    Added Reference https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-1055/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-5-4-5&id=a916fc0c0e0e8b10cb4158fa0fa173fe205d434a [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 14, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44022/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4111 [No Types Assigned]
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-2018-6871 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-2018-6871 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

59.28 }} -1.54%

score

0.97691

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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