CVE-2016-2175 – org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox

Package

Manager: maven
Name: org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.8.12 || =2.0.0 || >=2.0.0 <2.0.1

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.02168 pctl0.83675

Details

High severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox 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.

Metadata

Created: 2018-10-17T18:22:15Z
Modified: 2021-09-01T14:11:59Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/10/GHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98/GHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-611"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98
Finding: F083
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