By exploiting the way Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.4 renders embedded objects, an attacker could craft a document that allows reading in a file from the user's filesystem. Information could be retrieved by the attacker by, e.g., using hidden sections to store the information, tricking the user into saving the document and convincing the user to send the document back to the attacker. The vulnerability is mitigated by the need for the attacker to know the precise file path in the target system, and the need to trick the user into saving the document and sending it back.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96402 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037893 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0914 | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0979 | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3792 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-3157.html | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory | 
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96402 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037893 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0914 | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0979 | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3792 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-3157.html | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory | 
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History
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96402 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037893 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0914 - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0979 - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3792 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-3157.html - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory | 
Information
                Published : 2017-11-20 20:29
Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37
NVD link : CVE-2017-3157
Mitre link : CVE-2017-3157
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-3157
JSON object : View
Products Affected
                debian
- debian_linux
redhat
- enterprise_linux_server_tus
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_server
apache
- openoffice
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-200
                        
            Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
