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CVE-2016-6803

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6803 describes an unquoted Windows search path vulnerability affecting Apache OpenOffice installers for Windows versions prior to 4.1.3. This installer defect could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code if a system was previously compromised by a Trojan Horse or malicious user with administrative privileges. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0210 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

denopatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 4.1.3
View patch
libreofficepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 4.1.3
View patch
nessuspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 4.1.3
postgresqlpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 4.1.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (4)

denollm-deno-b44e463cd16998c3

Windows Installer Can Enable Privileged Trojan Execution

postgresqlllm-postgresql-0361279d081ffaa9

Windows Installer Can Enable Privileged Trojan Execution

libreofficellm-libreoffice-de89e9a7adefff19

Windows Installer Can Enable Privileged Trojan Execution

nessusllm-nessus-5f58cd8f38b7e97b

Windows Installer Can Enable Privileged Trojan Execution

References

openoffice.org / security/cves/CVE-2016-6803.html
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94418
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037015
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry