CVE-2016-1789

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    CVE-2016-1789

    Published: 5 Apr 2016Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Apple iBooks Author before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an iBooks Author file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

    References: , http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00008.html, https://support.apple.com/kb/HT206224

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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