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CVE-2018-10583 in the critical feed json

An information disclosure vulnerability occurs when LibreOffice 6.0.3 and Apache OpenOffice Writer 4.1.5 automatically process and initiate…

published 2018-05-01 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-2655

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
78.0%
EPSS 78.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libreoffice Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.5
  • libreoffice Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial6

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10583

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  • libreoffice RHEL 7 1:5.3.6.1-19.el7
  • autocorr-af RHEL 7 1:5.3.6.1-19.el7
  • autocorr-bg RHEL 7 1:5.3.6.1-19.el7
  • autocorr-ca RHEL 7 1:5.3.6.1-19.el7
  • autocorr-cs RHEL 7 1:5.3.6.1-19.el7
  • autocorr-da RHEL 7 1:5.3.6.1-19.el7
  • autocorr-de RHEL 7 1:5.3.6.1-19.el7
  • autocorr-en RHEL 7 1:5.3.6.1-19.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3054

  • libreoffice SLED 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP4 +3 more 6.0.5.2-43.38.5
  • xmlsec1 SLE Workstation Extension 15, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 1.2.26-3.3.1
  • libwps SLE Workstation Extension 15 0.4.9-3.3.1
  • libmwaw SLE Workstation Extension 15 0.3.14-4.3.1
  • libepubgen SLE Workstation Extension 15 0.1.1-3.3.1
  • liblangtag SLE Workstation Extension 15 0.6.2-3.3.1
  • libreoffice SLE Workstation Extension 15 6.1.3.2-3.7.3
  • libnumbertext SLE Workstation Extension 15 1.0.5-1.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:2485-2SUSE-SU-2018:3683-1SUSE-SU-2018:2535-1SUSE-SU-2018:2485-1

  • 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-2018-10583 updated cvss 4.3

libreoffice: Information disclosure via SMB connection embedded in malicious file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 autocorr-af, autocorr-bg, autocorr-ca, autocorr-cs, autocorr-da, autocorr-de, +60 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) autocorr-af 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-bg 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-ca 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-cs 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-da 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-de 5.3.6.1-19.el7, +51 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libreoffice 5.3.6.1-19.el7, libreoffice-bsh 5.3.6.1-19.el7, libreoffice-sdk 5.3.6.1-19.el7, libreoffice-glade 5.3.6.1-19.el7, libreoffice-rhino 5.3.6.1-19.el7, libreoffice-help-ar 5.3.6.1-19.el7, +48 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) autocorr-af 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-bg 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-ca 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-cs 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-da 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-de 5.3.6.1-19.el7, +104 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) autocorr-af 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-bg 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-ca 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-cs 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-da 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-de 5.3.6.1-19.el7, +104 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) autocorr-af 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-bg 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-ca 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-cs 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-da 5.3.6.1-19.el7, autocorr-de 5.3.6.1-19.el7, +51 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libreoffice 5.3.6.1-19.el7, libreoffice-bsh 5.3.6.1-19.el7, libreoffice-sdk 5.3.6.1-19.el7, libreoffice-glade 5.3.6.1-19.el7, libreoffice-rhino 5.3.6.1-19.el7, libreoffice-help-ar 5.3.6.1-19.el7, +48 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3054
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 autocorr-af, autocorr-bg, autocorr-ca, autocorr-cs, autocorr-da, autocorr-de, +98 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/fileformat/odt_badodt)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

78.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit auxiliary/fileformat/odt_badodt LibreOffice 6.03 /Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 Malicious ODT File Generator metasploit auxiliary, normal rank, 2018-05-01
  • EDB-44564 LibreOffice/Open Office - '.odt' Information Disclosure local, 2018-05-02
  • secureyourit.co.uk http://secureyourit.co.uk/wp/2018/05/01/creating-malicious-odt-files/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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.