CVE-2014-0247
libreoffice: VBA macros executed unconditionally
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
LibreOffice 4.2.4 executes unspecified VBA macros automatically, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, possibly related to doc/docmacromode.cxx.
LibreOffice 4.2.4 ejecuta macros VBA no especificados automáticamente, lo que tiene un impacto y vectores de ataque no especificados, posiblemente relacionado con doc/docmacromode.cxx.
It was found that LibreOffice documents executed macros unconditionally, without user approval, when these documents were opened using LibreOffice. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user running LibreOffice by embedding malicious VBA scripts in the document as macros.
LibreOffice is an open source, community-developed office productivity suite. It includes key desktop applications, such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, a formula editor, and a drawing program. LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice and provides a similar but enhanced and extended office suite. It was found that LibreOffice documents executed macros unconditionally, without user approval, when these documents were opened using LibreOffice. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user running LibreOffice by embedding malicious VBA scripts in the document as macros.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2013-12-03 CVE Reserved
- 2014-06-24 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-356: Product UI does not Warn User of Unsafe Actions
CAPEC
References (15)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-0247.html | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/57383 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/59330 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/60799 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68151 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13580 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/gitweb?p=core.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=sfx2/source/doc/docmacromode.cxx%3Bh=4d4ae52b4339582a039744d03671c1db0633d6c3%3Bhp=2108d1920f8148ff60fd4a57684f295d6d733e7b%3Bhb=1b0402f87c9b17fef2141130bfaa1798ece6ba0d%3Bhpb=4d2113250fa7ed62fe2c53ed0f76e3de5875cb81 | X_refsource_misc |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 19 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "19" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Libreoffice Search vendor "Libreoffice" | Libreoffice Search vendor "Libreoffice" for product "Libreoffice" | 4.2.4 Search vendor "Libreoffice" for product "Libreoffice" and version "4.2.4" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1" | - |
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