CVE-2016-6803

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An installer defect known as an "unquoted Windows search path vulnerability" affected the Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.3 installers for Windows. The PC must have previously been infected by a Trojan Horse application (or user) running with administrative privilege. Any installer with the unquoted search path vulnerability becomes a delayed trigger for the exploit.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-426

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 13, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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