CVE-2017-3157
By exploiting the way Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.4 renders embedded objects, an attacker could craft a document that allows reading in a…
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Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Information Disclosure
- CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache OpenOffice
- affected 4.0.0 to 4.1.3, and some previous releases, including some using our old OpenOffice.org brand
References (6)
- RHSA-2017:0914 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3792 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1037893 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 96402 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0979 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-3157.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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