CVE-2016-2175

HIGH

Apache PDFBox < 1.8.12 and 2.x < 2.0.1 - XML External Entity Injection

Title source: llm

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.

References (12)

Core 12

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E

Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3E

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0589

EPSS Percentile 90.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

Status published

Products (15)

apache/pdfbox 1.8.0

apache/pdfbox 1.8.1

apache/pdfbox 1.8.2

apache/pdfbox 1.8.3

apache/pdfbox 1.8.4

apache/pdfbox 1.8.5

apache/pdfbox 1.8.6

apache/pdfbox 1.8.7

apache/pdfbox 1.8.8

apache/pdfbox 1.8.9

... and 5 more

Published Jun 01, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026