PT-2008-6111 · Oracle · Openoffice.Org

Christian Hoffmann · Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4937

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenOffice.org (OOo) version 2.4.1

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/log.obr temporary file. This is related to the senddoc functionality in OpenOffice.org.

Recommendations For OpenOffice.org (OOo) version 2.4.1, consider restricting access to the senddoc functionality until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the senddoc feature to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4937

Affected Products

Openoffice.Org

References · 15

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openoffice.org-common · Exploit
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33140 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32856 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:070 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4937 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44829 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496361 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/235824 · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30925 · Note