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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7699 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:32:53.280Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-6804

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-20T15:29:00.200

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

Link: CVE-2016-6804

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