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SCA: security update for org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox (GHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422802

Description

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

 - 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.
 (CVE-2016-2175)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422802

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2175

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2175

BID: 90902

cwe: CWE-611