CVE-2020-12801
What it is
If LibreOffice has an encrypted document open and crashes, that document is auto-saved encrypted. On restart, LibreOffice offers to restore the document and prompts for the password to decrypt it. If the recovery is successful, and if the file format of the recovered document was not LibreOffice's default ODF file format, then affected versions of LibreOffice default that subsequent saves of the document are unencrypted. This may lead to a user accidentally saving a MSOffice file format document unencrypted while believing it to be encrypted. This issue affects: LibreOffice 6-3 series versions prior to 6.3.6; 6-4 series versions prior to 6.4.3.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-311
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Libreoffice < 6.3.6
- Libreoffice < 6.4.3
- Opensuse Leap 15.1
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2020-12801
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2020-12801
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00026.html
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2020-12801
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00026.html
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2020-12801