A security vulnerability in OpenOffice.org, related to Word document processing, may allow a remote unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of a local user running OpenOffice.org, if the local user opens a crafted Word document provided by the remote user.
Note: Earlier versions of OpenOffice.org are no longer supported and will not be evaluated regarding this issue.
There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate this issue has occurred.
To workaround the described issue, do not load documents from untrusted sources.
This issue is addressed in the following release: OpenOffice.org 3.3
OpenOffice.org acknowledges with thanks, Dan Rosenberg of Virtual Security Research.