CVE-2019-9852 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting LibreOffice versions prior to 6.2.6, as well as various Linux distributions. It allows for arbitrary script execution due to a URL encoding bypass in the macro execution protection, enabling attackers to execute scripts from unintended locations on a user's system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requires user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious document) for exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
19.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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libreoffice: Insufficient URL encoding flaw in allowed script location check
Aug 15, 2019Insufficient URL encoding flaw in allowed script location check
Insufficient URL encoding flaw in allowed script location check