CVE-2017-3157

Vulnerability Summary

By exploiting the way Apache OpenOffice prior to 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 malicious user 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.

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