CVE-2017-3157

medium

Published 2017-11-20 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

By exploiting the way Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.4 renders embedded objects, an attacker could craft a document that allows reading in a file from the user's filesystem. Information could be retrieved by the attacker by, e.g., using hidden sections to store the information, tricking the user into saving the document and convincing the user to send the document back to the attacker. The vulnerability is mitigated by the need for the attacker to know the precise file path in the target system, and the need to trick the user into saving the document and sending it back.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:5.2.3-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:5.2.3-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:5.2.3-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:5.2.3-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:5.2.3-1`
debian	8.0	affected
debian	9.0	affected
rhel	6.0	affected
rhel	7.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
apache	openoffice	`{"endIncluding":"4.1.3"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.