CVE-2016-2175

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    CVE-2016-2175

    Published: 1 Jun 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3E, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- cc7eeb2147fa787468542bc8a577fe35c19c0473
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.8.0
    1.8.1
    1.8.10
    1.8.11
    1.8.2
    1.8.3
    1.8.4
    1.8.5
    1.8.6
    1.8.7
    1.8.8
    1.8.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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