Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2022 · Assigned by apache

CVE-2022-37401Apache OpenOffice Weak Master Keys

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Apache OpenOffice from Apache Software Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 19.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Apache OpenOffice supports the storage of passwords for web connections in the user's configuration database. The stored passwords are encrypted with a single master key provided by the user. A flaw in OpenOffice existed where master key was poorly encoded resulting in weakening its entropy from 128 to 43 bits making the stored passwords vulnerable to a brute force attack if an attacker has access to the users stored config. This issue affects: Apache OpenOffice versions prior to 4.1.13. Reference: CVE-2022-26307 - LibreOffice

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache OpenOffice	Apache OpenOffice 4 – before 4.1.13

Weakness: CWE-331

References

https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2022-37401.html x_refsource_MISC
[oss-security] 20220812 CVE-2022-37401: Apache OpenOffice Weak Master Keys mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST