CVE-2018-6871
LibreOffice before 5.4.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via =WEBSERVICE calls in a document, which use the COM.MICROSOFT.WEBSERVICE function.
02 Description
LibreOffice before 5.4.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via =WEBSERVICE calls in a document, which use the COM.MICROSOFT.WEBSERVICE function.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 22.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-02-09 06:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 06:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-02-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7dc6adb0279528336e7b8a437b6e34ee66aef1b8bd1e74a66ed892b472bf8cdc
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.exploit-db.com44022https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44022/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3579-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3579-1/
- github.comhttps://github.com/jollheef/libreoffice-remote-arbitrary-file-disclosure
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0517https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0517
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttps://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-5-4-5&id=a916fc0c0e0e8b10cb4158fa0fa173fe205d434a
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0418https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0418
- www.libreoffice.orghttps://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-1055/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4111https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4111
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:6.0.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:6.0.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:6.0.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.