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CVE-2016-6803

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CVE-2016-6803

Published: Nov 13, 2017

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Apache Software Foundation

Apache OpenOffice

affected
4.0.0 to 4.1.2
affected
Older versions, including some using the previous OpenOffice.org brand, are also affected.

References

94418
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1037015
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