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CVE-2022-37401 — Apache OpenOffice supports the storage of passwords for web connections in the u

Apache OpenOffice supports the storage of passwords for web connections in the user's configuration database. The stored passwords are encrypted with a single master key provided by the user. A flaw in OpenOffice existed where master key was poorly encoded resulting in weake

CVSS
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EPSS
0.32% (top 44.90%)
CWE
CWE-331
Published
2022-08-13T06:40:25.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-03T10:29:21.020Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Apache OpenOffice supports the storage of passwords for web connections in the user's configuration database. The stored passwords are encrypted with a single master key provided by the user. A flaw in OpenOffice existed where master key was poorly encoded resulting in weakening its entropy from 128 to 43 bits making the stored passwords vulnerable to a brute force attack if an attacker has…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Apache Software FoundationApache OpenOfficeApache OpenOffice 4

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

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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