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CVE-2019-9854 — LibreOffice has a feature where documents can specify that pre-installed macros

LibreOffice has a feature where documents can specify that pre-installed macros can be executed on various script events such as mouse-over, document-open etc. Access is intended to be restricted to scripts under the share/Scripts/python, user/Scripts/python sub-directories of th

CVSS
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EPSS
0.76% (top 26.90%)
CWE
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Published
2019-09-06T18:30:08.910Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T19:24:19.650Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

LibreOffice has a feature where documents can specify that pre-installed macros can be executed on various script events such as mouse-over, document-open etc. Access is intended to be restricted to scripts under the share/Scripts/python, user/Scripts/python sub-directories of the LibreOffice install. Protection was added, to address CVE-2019-9852, to avoid a directory traversal attack where…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Document FoundationLibreOffice6.2, 6.3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

CVE-2019-9852
Cited in vendor advisory

08Timeline

09References

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