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Category Security Release Phase Resolved 6633041 Product StarOffice 8 Software StarSuite 8 Software Date of Resolved Release 25-Apr-2008 Security Vunerability with Quattro Pro Files in StarOffice 8/StarSuite 8 1. ImpactA security vulnerability with the way StarOffice/StarSuite 8 processes Quattro Pro files may allow a remote unprivileged user who provides a Quattro Pro document that is opened by a local user with StarOffice/StarSuite 8 to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the user running StarOffice/StarSuite.Sun would like to acknowledge with thanks, an anonymous researcher working with the iDefense VCP (http://labs.idefense.com/vcp/). This issue is also described in the following documents: CVE-2007-5745 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5745
CVE-2007-5747 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5747
2. Contributing FactorsThis issue can occur in the following releases:SPARC Platform
To determine the version of StarOffice/StarSuite installed on a system, the following command can be run (for <program dir>/program/bootstraprc): % grep Product bootstraprcOr using the GUI, do the following (with StarOffice/StarSuite open):
3. SymptomsThere are no predictable symptoms that would indicate this vulnerability has been exploited.4. WorkaroundThere is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution section below.5. ResolutionThis issue is addressed in the following releases:SPARC Platform
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