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CVE-2020-12802 is a LibreOffice privacy protection bypass. Users who enabled LibreOffice's non-default “stealth mode” expected untrusted documents to be blocked from loading remote resources. Before LibreOffice 6.4.4, DOCX files with remote graphics could still retrieve those graphics, potentially revealing document-opening activity or related network metadata. Exposure is most likely on endpoints running LibreOffice before 6.4.4 where users rely on stealth mode or open externally supplied DOCX documents. The practical risk is privacy and metadata leakage through remote resource retrieval, not confirmed system compromise. Treat this as a targeted privacy and trust-control issue, not an emergency remote-code-execution event based on available evidence. Prioritize patching managed workstations that open external documents or handle sensitive matters where document-open tracking would be meaningful. Mitigation focus: Upgrade LibreOffice to version 6.4.4 or a vendor-fixed package.; Apply relevant Fedora, openSUSE, Debian, or vendor security updates.; Limit opening untrusted DOCX files on affected LibreOffice endpoints..
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- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2020-12802CVE reference
- FEDORA-2020-8922773bc4CVE reference · vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20231231 [SECURITY] [DLA 3703-1] libreoffice security updateCVE reference · mailing-list
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