# CVE-2018-10583: An information disclosure vulnerability occurs when LibreOffice 6.0.3 and Apache OpenOffice Writer 4.1.5 automatically process and initiate

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2018-05-01 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An information disclosure vulnerability occurs when LibreOffice 6.0.3 and Apache OpenOffice Writer 4.1.5 automatically process and initiate an SMB connection embedded in a malicious file, as demonstrated by xlink:href=file://192.168.0.2/test.jpg within an office:document-content element in a .odt XML document.

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## References

- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10583
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3054
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3883-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44564/
- http://secureyourit.co.uk/wp/2018/05/01/creating-malicious-odt-files/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c65f22306c36c95e75f8d2b7f49cfcbeb0a4614245c20934612a39d%40%3Cdev.openoffice.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0598708912978b27121b2e380b44a225c706aca882cd1da6a955a0af%40%3Cdev.openoffice.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c8fd59ac77b42aac90eb5c59b87f3ab59b5e0c3bfb4819aa649a2909%40%3Cdev.openoffice.apache.org%3E
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Oct/26
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44564
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/fileformat/odt_badodt.rb
- https://github.com/MrTaherAmine/CVE-2018-10583
- https://github.com/octodi/CVE-2018-10583

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