The XML parsers in iText before 5.5.12 and 7.x before 7.0.3 do not disable external entities, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The XML parsers in iText before 5.5.12 and 7.x before 7.0.3 do not disable external entities, which might
    allow remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF. (CVE-2017-9096)

The 16.1-16.2, 17.7-17.12, 18.8, and 19.12 versions of Primavera Unifier installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the October 2020 CPU advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the Primavera Unifier product of Oracle Construction and Engineering (component: Platform     (Apache Derby)). Supported versions that are affected are 16.1-16.2, 17.7-17.12, 18.8 and 19.12. Easily     exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise     Primavera Unifier. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical     data or complete access to all Primavera Unifier accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang     or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Primavera Unifier. (CVE-2015-1832)

  - Vulnerability in the Primavera Unifier product of Oracle Construction and Engineering (component: Platform     (iText)). Supported versions that are affected are 16.1-16.2, 17.7-17.12, 18.8 and 19.12. Easily     exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise     Primavera Unifier. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker.
    Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Primavera Unifier. (CVE-2017-9096)

  - Vulnerability in the Primavera Unifier product of Oracle Construction and Engineering (component: Platform     (Apache Solr)). Supported versions that are affected are 16.1-16.2, 17.7-17.12, 18.8 and 19.12. Difficult     to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise     Primavera Unifier. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Primavera Unifier.
    (CVE-2019-17558)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
412484	SCA: security update for com.itextpdf:itextpdf (GHSA-86p9-x5pw-94qx)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
412484	SCA: security update for com.itextpdf:itextpdf (GHSA-86p9-x5pw-94qx)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
141641	Oracle Primavera Unifier (Oct 2020 CPU)	Nessus	CGI abuses	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2017-9096

high

Tenable Plugins

high

high

critical