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CVE-2016-6804

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CVE-2016-6804

Published: Nov 20, 2017

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The Apache OpenOffice installer (versions prior to 4.1.3, including some branded as OpenOffice.org) for Windows contains a defective operation that allows execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. This requires that the location in which the installer is run has been previously poisoned by a file that impersonates a dynamic-link library that the installer depends upon.

VendorProductVersions

Apache Software Foundation

Apache OpenOffice

affected
4.0.0 to 4.1.2
affected
older releases are also affected, including some branded as OpenOffice.org

References

93774
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x_refsource_BID
1037016
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