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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) attacks via a crafted PDF.

Published

2016-06-01T20:59:01.747

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.0 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.1 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.2 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.3 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.4 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.5 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.6 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.7 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.8 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.9 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.10 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 1.8.11 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 2.0 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 2.0 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 2.0 Yes
Application apache pdfbox 2.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 8.0 Yes
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