CVE-2015-4551
MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctlDescription
LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 uses the stored LinkUpdateMode configuration information in OpenDocument Format files and templates when handling links, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted document, which embeds data from local files into (1) Calc or (2) Writer.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2619.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3394
- http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-4551/
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-4551.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77486
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034085
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034091
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2793-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-03
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