CVE-2016-2175

high

Description

Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html

http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3E

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-06-01

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H