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medium 4.4

CVE-2008-2366 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for OpenOffice.org (OOo) 1.1.x on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 a…

published 2008-06-16 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2362

cvss
4.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for OpenOffice.org (OOo) 1.1.x on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4 allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in the current working directory, related to incorrect quoting of the ORIGIN symbol for use in the RPATH library path.

Patch / fix

  • openoffice.org RHEL 3 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3
  • openoffice.org RHEL 4 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4
  • openoffice.org-kde RHEL 4 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4
  • openoffice.org-i18n RHEL 3 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3
  • openoffice.org-i18n RHEL 4 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4
  • openoffice.org-libs RHEL 3 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3
  • openoffice.org-libs RHEL 4 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0538

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-2008-2366 updated cvss 3.7

openoffice.org: insecure relative RPATH in OOo 1.1.x packages

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 openoffice.org 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-kde 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 openoffice.org 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-kde 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 openoffice.org 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-kde 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-42.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 openoffice.org 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-kde 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.5-10.6.0.5.EL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0538

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Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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