CVE-2019-9854
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 scripts in arbitrary locations on the file system could be executed by employing a URL encoding attack to defeat the path verification step. However this protection could be bypassed by taking advantage of a flaw in how LibreOffice assembled the final script URL location directly from components of the passed in path as opposed to solely from the sanitized output of the path verification step. This issue affects: Document Foundation LibreOffice 6.2 versions prior to 6.2.7; 6.3 versions prior to 6.3.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.93% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- libreoffice/libreoffice · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- security@documentfoundation.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00067.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00055.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XQKKOIY2DMZCXJINOLIQXD2NWISDKK3N/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4138-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4519Third Party Advisory
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2019-9854/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1769907Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00067.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00055.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XQKKOIY2DMZCXJINOLIQXD2NWISDKK3N/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4138-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4519Third Party Advisory
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2019-9854/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.