CVE-2020-13958
highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice scripting events allows an attacker to construct documents containing hyperlinks pointing to an executable on the target users file system. These hyperlinks can be triggered unconditionally. In fixed versions no internal protocol may be called from the document event handler and other hyperlinks require a control-click.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- Grey-Junior/CVE-2020-13958Grey-Junior/CVE-2020-13958PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (3)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6b2f48cf6c4aad4ebd13f90033162276b0ccae63bea2d3d89cdaf355%40%3Cannounce.openoffice.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13958cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Apache-OpenOffice-code-execution-via-Hyperlink-To-Local-Executable-33883cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4051/cnnvd
- https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2020-13958.htmlPatchcnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6b2f48cf6c4aad4ebd13f90033162276b0ccae63bea2d3d89cdaf355%40%3Cannounce.openoffice.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6b2f48cf6c4aad4ebd13f90033162276b0ccae63bea2d3d89cdaf355%40%3Cannounce.openoffice.apache.org%3EMailing ListVendor Advisorynvd
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