Editing OpenOffice.org (section)

=== Security ===
In 2006, Lt. Col. Eric Filiol of the  Laboratoire de Virologie et de Cryptologie de l'ESAT demonstrated security weaknesses, in particular within macros.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060718-7288.html|title=OpenOffice.org less secure than Microsoft Office?|work=Ars Technica|first=Eric|last=Bangeman|date=18 July 2006|access-date=1 August 2006|archive-date=21 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721120651/http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060718-7288.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://openoffice.2283327.n4.nabble.com/quot-Le-ministere-de-la-Defense-met-OpenOffice-a-l-index-quot-td2918635.html|title='Le ministère de la Défense met OpenOffice à l'index'|first=Louis|last=Suárez-Potts|date=21 July 2006|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701190215/http://openoffice.2283327.n4.nabble.com/quot-Le-ministere-de-la-Defense-met-OpenOffice-a-l-index-quot-td2918635.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/le-ministere-de-la-defense-met-openoffice-a-l-index-39362096.htm|title=Le ministère de la Défense met OpenOffice à l'index|language=fr|first=Thomas|last=Rousseau|work=ZDnet.fr|date=11 July 2006|access-date=14 October 2015|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016114524/http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/le-ministere-de-la-defense-met-openoffice-a-l-index-39362096.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, [[Kaspersky Lab]] demonstrated a [[proof of concept]] virus, "Stardust", for OpenOffice.org.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-7349_3-6078475.html|first=Joris|last=Evans|title=Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice|publisher=CNet|date=31 May 2006|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060944/http://news.cnet.com/2100-7349_3-6078475.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This showed OpenOffice.org viruses are possible, but there is no known virus "in the wild".

As of October 2011, [[Secunia]] reported no known unpatched security flaws for the software.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20130/ |title= Vulnerability Report: OpenOffice.org 3.x |publisher= [[Secunia]] |access-date= 20 October 2011 |archive-date= 18 December 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111218221239/http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20130/ |url-status= live }}</ref> A vulnerability in the inherited OpenOffice.org codebase was found and fixed in LibreOffice in October 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/461673/|title=An odd vulnerability report for LibreOffice|first=Jake|last=Edge|work=LWN.net|date=5 October 2011|access-date=15 October 2013|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928135641/http://lwn.net/Articles/461673/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Apache OpenOffice in May 2012.<ref name="aoo340"/>