CVE-2019-9848 vulnerability in LibreOffice and Other Products
Published on July 17, 2019
LibreOffice has a feature where documents can specify that pre-installed scripts can be executed on various document events such as mouse-over, etc. LibreOffice is typically also bundled with LibreLogo, a programmable turtle vector graphics script, which can be manipulated into executing arbitrary python commands. By using the document event feature to trigger LibreLogo to execute python contained within a document a malicious document could be constructed which would execute arbitrary python commands silently without warning. In the fixed versions, LibreLogo cannot be called from a document event handler. This issue affects: Document Foundation LibreOffice versions prior to 6.2.5.
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Affected Versions
Document Foundation LibreOffice:- Version unspecified and below 6.2.5 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS
31.44%
Percentile
98.18%
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