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LibreOffice 7.5 < 7.5.9 / 7.6 < 7.6.4 Arbitrary Script Execution (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186910

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Synopsis

An Arbitrary Script Execution vulnerability exist in Document Foundation LibreOffice versions prior to 7.5.9 or 7.6.4.

Description

LibreOffice supports hyperlinks. In addition to the typical common protocols such as http/https hyperlinks can also have target URLs that can launch built-in macros or dispatch built-in internal commands. In affected version of LibreOffice there are scenarios where these can be executed without warning if the user activates such hyperlinks. In later versions the users's explicit macro execution permissions for the document are now consulted if these non-typical hyperlinks can be executed. The possibility to use these variants of hyperlink targets for floating frames has been removed.
This issue affects: The Document Foundation LibreOffice 7.5 versions prior to 7.5.9; 7.6 versions prior to 7.6.4.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to LibreOffice version 7.5.9, 7.6.4 or later.

See Also

https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2023-6186

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186910

File Name: macos_libreoffice_764.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/14/2023

Updated: 5/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6186

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:libreoffice:libreoffice

Required KB Items: installed_sw/LibreOffice, Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6186

IAVB: 2023-B-0098-S