High severity · published Jun 1, 2016
CVE-2016-2175
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)…
7.8
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
PD
Pdfbox · Apache
1.8.0; 1.8.1; 1.8.2; 1.8.3; 1.8.4; 1.8.5; +10 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2175
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2175
mail-archives.us.apache.org
http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3E
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html
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