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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7698 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:54:04.633Z

Reserved: 2016-08-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6803

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-13T14:29:00.417

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-6803

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