CVE-2019-9852

Insufficient URL encoding flaw in allowed script location check

Published Aug 15, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
LibreOffice has a feature where documents can specify that pre-installed macros can be executed on various script events such as mouse-over, document-open etc. Access is intended to be restricted to scripts under the share/Scripts/python, user/Scripts/python sub-directories of the LibreOffice install. Protection was added, to address CVE-2018-16858, to avoid a directory traversal attack where scripts in arbitrary locations on the file system could be executed. However this new protection could be bypassed by a URL encoding attack. In the fixed versions, the parsed url describing the script location is correctly encoded before further processing. This issue affects: Document Foundation LibreOffice versions prior to 6.2.6.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1947-1 libreoffice security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4501-1 libreoffice security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4519-1 libreoffice security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-19208 LibreOffice has a feature where documents can specify that pre-installed macros can be executed on various script events such as mouse-over, document-open etc. Access is intended to be restricted to scripts under the share/Scripts/python, user/Scripts/python sub-directories of the LibreOffice install. Protection was added, to address CVE-2018-16858, to avoid a directory traversal attack where scripts in arbitrary locations on the file system could be executed. However this new protection could be bypassed by a URL encoding attack. In the fixed versions, the parsed url describing the script location is correctly encoded before further processing. This issue affects: Document Foundation LibreOffice versions prior to 6.2.6.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4102-1 LibreOffice vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Document Fdn.
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 3:42 AM
Reserved
Mar 17, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 15, 2019, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:44 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 15, 2019, 12:00 AM