CVE-2019-9853 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting LibreOffice versions 6.2 prior to 6.2.7 and 6.3 prior to 6.3.1. It involves a URL decoding flaw that allows malicious macros within a document to bypass security settings, leading to arbitrary code execution despite user prompts about macro presence. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) to open a crafted document, but once opened, it can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.2.0, < 6.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.3.0, < 6.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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 decoding flaw in categorizing macro location
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Insufficient URL decoding flaw in categorizing macro location
Insufficient URL decoding flaw in categorizing macro location
Insufficient URL decoding flaw in categorizing macro location
Insufficient URL decoding flaw in categorizing macro location
Insufficient URL decoding flaw in categorizing macro location