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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Windows >> OpenOffice.org < 2.0.3 Vulnerability Assessment Details
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Checks for the version of OpenOffice.org Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through OpenOffice.org Description : The remote host is running a version of OpenOffice.org which is older than version 2.0.3. A possible hacker may use this to execute arbitrary code on this host. To succeed, the attacker would have to send a rogue file to a user of the remote computer and have him open it. The file could be crafted in such a way that it could exploit a buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org's XML parser, or by containing rogue macros. Solution : Upgrade to OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 or newer See also : http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2006-2198.html http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2006-2199.html http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2006-3117.html Network Security Threat Level: Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5.6 (AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:P/I:P/A:P/B:N) Networks Security ID: 18737, 18738, 18739 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security |
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