{"id":"CVE-2016-6803","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6803","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:45:55.470Z","title":"An installer defect known as an \"unquoted Windows search path vulnerability\" affected the Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.3 installers for Windows.","description":"An installer defect known as an \"unquoted Windows search path vulnerability\" affected the Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.3 installers for Windows. The PC must have previously been infected by a Trojan Horse application (or user) running with administrative privilege. Any installer with the unquoted search path vulnerability becomes a delayed trigger for the exploit.","published":"2017-11-13T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:51:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-426"],"affected":["apache/openoffice"],"epss":{"score":0.02101,"percentile":0.81619,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.03537,"percentile":0.88764},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.02101,"percentile":0.809}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94418","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037015","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2016-6803.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94418","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037015","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2016-6803.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6803","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}