# CVE-2025-64404: Apache OpenOffice documents can contain links to other files. A missing Authorization vulnerability in Apache…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-64404-apache-openoffice-documents-can-contain-links-to-other-files-a  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-11-12  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-64404 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2025-11-12

Apache OpenOffice documents can contain links to other files. A missing Authorization vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice allowed an attacker to craft a document that would cause external links 
to be loaded without prompt. In the affected versions of Apache OpenOffice, documents that used background fill images, or bullet images, linked to external files would 
load the contents of those files without prompting the user for 
permission to do so.

This issue affects Apache OpenOffice: through 4.1.15.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.1.16, which fixes the issue.

Technologies: [Apache OpenOffice](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/openoffice). Vendors: [Apache](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/apache).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-64404 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-64404 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-64404?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 12 November 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Apache OpenOffice. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-64404?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-64404?** Check whether you run Apache OpenOffice. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Apache OpenOffice

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