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Fencer Vulns
high 7.6

CVE-2006-2198 json

OpenOffice.org (aka StarOffice) 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to conduct unauthorized activities…

published 2006-06-30 20 y ago modified 2026-09-23 46 d ago also EUVD-2006-2199

cvss
7.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenOffice.org (aka StarOffice) 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via an OpenOffice document with a malicious BASIC macro, which is executed without prompting the user.

Patch / fix

  • openoffice.org RHEL 3 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3
  • openoffice.org RHEL 4 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4
  • openoffice.org-kde RHEL 4 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4
  • openoffice.org-i18n RHEL 3 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3
  • openoffice.org-i18n RHEL 4 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4
  • openoffice.org-libs RHEL 3 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3
  • openoffice.org-libs RHEL 4 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0573

  • libreoffice openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.5.2-3.13

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10983-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-2198 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 openoffice.org 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-kde 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 openoffice.org 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-kde 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 openoffice.org 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-kde 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-34.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 openoffice.org 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-kde 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-34.6.0.EL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0573

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Exploit prediction

3.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.