An installer defect known as an "unquoted Windows search path vulnerability" affected the Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.3 installers for Windows. The PC must have previously been infected by a Trojan Horse application (or user) running with administrative privilege. Any installer with the unquoted search path vulnerability becomes a delayed trigger for the exploit.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94418 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037015 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2016-6803.html Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2016-10-11T00:00:00

Updated: 2017-11-14T10:57:01

Reserved: 2016-08-12T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-6803

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-11-13T14:29:00.417

Modified: 2017-11-29T17:15:19.737


Link: CVE-2016-6803

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