High severity · published May 17, 2016
CVE-2016-3674
Multiple XML external entity (XXE) vulnerabilities in the (1) Dom4JDriver, (2) DomDriver, (3) JDomDriver, (4) JDom2Driver, (5) SjsxpDriver, (6) StandardStaxDriver, and (7)…
7.5
CVSS
8.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple XML external entity (XXE) vulnerabilities in the (1) Dom4JDriver, (2) DomDriver, (3) JDomDriver, (4) JDom2Driver, (5) SjsxpDriver, (6) StandardStaxDriver, and (7) WstxDriver drivers in XStream before 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.2% · higher than 95% 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
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
22; 23 · source: NVD
JM
Jboss Middleware · Redhat
1 · source: NVD
XS
Xstream · Xstream
before 1.4.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3674
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3674
Broken Link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183180.html
Broken Link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183208.html
Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html
Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3575
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/25/8
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