CVE-2016-2175

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.8

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

2.515

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-2175 are fixed in Apache-pdfbox 1.8.12	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-2175 are fixed in Apache-pdfbox 2.0.1	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-2175 are fixed in Apache-pdfbox for Linux 1.8.12	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-2175 are fixed in Apache-pdfbox for Linux 2.0.1	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234