CVE-2019-9853

HIGH

LibreOffice 6.2.0-6.2.6 - Macro Execution Bypass via URL Decoding Flaw

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

LibreOffice documents can contain macros. The execution of those macros is controlled by the document security settings, typically execution of macros are blocked by default. A URL decoding flaw existed in how the urls to the macros within the document were processed and categorized, resulting in the possibility to construct a document where macro execution bypassed the security settings. The documents were correctly detected as containing macros, and prompted the user to their existence within the documents, but macros within the document were subsequently not controlled by the security settings allowing arbitrary macro execution This issue affects: LibreOffice 6.2 series versions prior to 6.2.7; LibreOffice 6.3 series versions prior to 6.3.1.

References (17)

Core 17
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00005.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/23

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0321
EPSS Percentile 86.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-116
Status published
Products (1)
libreoffice/libreoffice 6.2.0 - 6.2.6
Published Sep 27, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026