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Digital Signature Spoofing Flaws Uncovered in OpenOffice and LibreOffice

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()1 min read2 · 2 reads
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-25633
LibreOffice supports digital signatures of ODF documents and macros within documents, presenting visual aids that no alteration of the document occurred since…
7.5<1%
CVE-2021-25634
LibreOffice supports digital signatures of ODF documents and macros within documents, presenting visual aids that no alteration of the document occurred since…
7.5<1%
CVE-2021-25635
An Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in LibreOffice allowed an attacker to self sign an ODF document, with a signature untrusted by the target…
5.2<1%
CVE-2021-41830
+2 related CVEs
It is possible for an attacker to manipulate signed documents and macros to appear to come from a trusted source
7.5
group max
1%

From the original article

1 min read at thehackernews.com

The maintainers of LibreOffice and OpenOffice have shipped security updates to their productivity software to remediate multiple vulnerabilities that could be weaponized by malicious actors to alter documents to make them appear as if they are digitally signed by a trusted source.

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