CVE-2018-10583 Information disclosure in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can disclose sensitive information by tricking users into opening malicious documents that trigger automatic SMB connections.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2018-10583?

CVE-2018-10583 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Openoffice, published on 1 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10583?

It affects 7 products.

Linux distribution packages (18)
libreoffice SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3All versions6.0.5.2-43.38.5
libreoffice SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4All versions6.0.5.2-43.38.5
myspell-dictionaries SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15All versions20181025-3.6.1
xmlsec1 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15All versions1.2.26-3.3.1
libreoffice SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3All versions6.0.5.2-43.38.5
libreoffice SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4All versions6.0.5.2-43.38.5
libreoffice SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3All versions6.0.5.2-43.38.5
libreoffice SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4All versions6.0.5.2-43.38.5
libepubgen SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15All versions0.1.1-3.3.1
liblangtag SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15All versions0.6.2-3.3.1
libmwaw SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15All versions0.3.14-4.3.1
libnumbertext SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15All versions1.0.5-1.3.1
libreoffice SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15All versions6.0.5.2-3.3.5
libreoffice SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15All versions6.1.3.2-3.7.3
libstaroffice SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15All versions0.0.6-3.3.1
libwps SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15All versions0.4.9-3.3.1
myspell-dictionaries SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15All versions20181025-3.6.1
xmlsec1 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15All versions1.2.26-3.3.1

Products include Apache Openoffice, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libreoffice Libreoffice, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10583?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2018-10583 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-10583 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 Exploit-DB entry and 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.

All Apache Openoffice vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10583, GHSA-hc7m-8pgf-jwrh, SUSE-SU-2018:2485-1, SUSE-SU-2018:2485-2, SUSE-SU-2018:2535-1, SUSE-SU-2018:3683-1 and 1 more.

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