Timestamp Manipulation with Signature Wrapping

published 2021-10-11 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-28832

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits: 0; none known

It is possible for an attacker to manipulate the timestamp of signed documents. All versions of Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.10 are affected. Users are advised to update to version 4.1.11. See CVE-2021-25634 for the LibreOffice advisory.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

apache openoffice 4.1.11

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Exploit prediction

1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice

Classification

Weakness

CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

lists.apache.org /thread.html/ra74d5057cdc781a36286a83e8bcbc90a7678f030ae73339c35dfc4f9%40%3Cusers.openoffice.apache.org%3E
mailing-list, vendor-advisory
lists.apache.org /thread.html/rc5c277cb83e335696657c5f27da1d1e2b5cb48346b0b55415a233757%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-41831
NVD CVE-2021-41831

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