National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-4636
Original release date:12/31/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
OpenOffice.org 2.0 and earlier, when hyperlinks has been disabled, does not prevent the user from clicking the WWW-browser button in the Hyperlink dialog, which makes it easier for attackers to trick the user into bypassing intended security settings.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (08/30/2006)
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This issue did not affect the versions of OpenOffice.org as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
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External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015419
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=53491
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:033
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:033