CVE-2016-6804
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2017-11-20
- Fixed in4.1.3
- WeaknessCWE-264
Am I affected?
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Description
The Apache OpenOffice installer (versions prior to 4.1.3, including some branded as OpenOffice.org) for Windows contains a defective operation that allows execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. This requires that the location in which the installer is run has been previously poisoned by a file that impersonates a dynamic-link library that the installer depends upon.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2017-11-2015:29CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-6804?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-6804?format=csv
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | < 4.1.3 | 4.1.3 | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Apache openoffice to 4.1.3
Advisories and patches
- www.openoffice.orgVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-264read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score3.0 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2017-11-20
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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