Path Traversal in Libreoffice
CVE-2023-1183
A flaw was found in the Libreoffice package. An attacker can craft an odb containing a "database/script" file with a SCRIPT command where the contents of the file could be written to a new file whose location was determined by the attacker.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.646 (99.2th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.646 · newest: 0.646 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Libreoffice — versions 7.5.0
- Fedora
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 38
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Libreoffice — versions 7.4.6, 7.5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1183 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2023-1183/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/28/4
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/03/4
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-1183?
- CVE-2023-1183 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libreoffice, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2023-07-10.
- How severe is CVE-2023-1183?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-1183 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.