Update LibreOffice now to thwart silent macro viruses – and here's how pwn those who haven't patched their suite yet

Update LibreOffice now to thwart silent macro viruses – and here's how pwn those who haven't patched their suite yet

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/30/libreoffice_macro_virus/

The Document Foundation has recently patched LibreOffice, its open-source office suite, to fix an issue where documents can be configured to run macros silently on opening.

The code execution vulnerability, reported by Nils Emmerich and assigned CVE-2019-9848, is the result of multiple flaws.

Update LibreOffice now to thwart silent macro viruses – and here's how pwn those who haven't patched their suite yet

Jul 30, 2019, 7:40pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/30/libreoffice_macro_virus/ > The Document Foundation has recently patched LibreOffice, its open-source office suite, to fix an issue where documents can be configured to run macros silently on opening. > The code execution vulnerability, reported by Nils Emmerich and assigned CVE-2019-9848, is the result of multiple flaws.