CVE-2018-16858
It was found that libreoffice before versions 6.0.7 and 6.1.3 was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack which could be used to…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 67.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
It was found that libreoffice before versions 6.0.7 and 6.1.3 was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack which could be used to execute arbitrary macros bundled with a document. An attacker could craft a document, which when opened by LibreOffice, would execute a Python method from a script in any arbitrary file system location, specified relative to the LibreOffice install location.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- LibreOffice Macro Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_execRank normaldisclosed 18 Oct 2018
Exploit-DB1 entry
- LibreOffice < 6.0.7 / 6.1.3 - Macro Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46727local, multiplepublished 18 Apr 2019Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 46727 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.3% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 6.0.7
- affected 6.1.3
References
References8
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16858 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 46727 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2130 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20190815 [SECURITY] [DSA 4501-1] libreoffice security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1929 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-8650 (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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