CVE-2016-6803

high

Description

An installer defect known as an "unquoted Windows search path vulnerability" affected the Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.3 installers for Windows. The PC must have previously been infected by a Trojan Horse application (or user) running with administrative privilege. Any installer with the unquoted search path vulnerability becomes a delayed trigger for the exploit.

References

https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2016-6803.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037015

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94418

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-13

Updated: 2017-11-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High