CVE-2023-1183: Apache OpenOffice: Arbitrary file write in Apache OpenOffice Base

[Arrigo Marchiori <ar...@apache.org>]

Severity: Moderate

Affected versions:

- Apache OpenOffice through 4.1.15

Description:

An attacker can craft an OBD containing a "database/script" file with
a SCRIPT command where the contents of the file could be written to a
new file whose location was determined by the attacker.

There are no known exploits of this vulnerability.
A proof-of-concept demonstration exists.

Thanks to the reporter for discovering this issue.

Credit:

The Apache OpenOffice Security Team would like to thank Gregor Kopf of Secfault Security GmbH (Germany) for discovering and reporting this attack vector and Fred Toussi for kindly providing a solution to this issue within HSQLDB.

References:
https://openoffice.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1183
-- 
Arrigo