CVE-2006-5870
WMF/EMF Processing Failures
- Synopsis: Security vulnerability with some WMF/EMF files
- Issue ID: 70042
- State: Resolved
1. Impact
A security vulnerability in OpenOffice.org requiring a tricked user to open a special WMF/EMF file may lead to the user's computer being compromised.
This issue is also described in
CVE-2006-5870, http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5870
US-Cert,
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220288
2. Affected releases
OpenOffice.org 1.1.x, OpenOffice.org 2.0.x
3. Symptoms
There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has been exploited.
4. Relief/Workaround
There is no workaround. See "Resolution" below.
5. Resolution
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Patch, OpenOffice.org 2.1.x
