CVE-2016-2175
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 3.84%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 90
- Fecha de la puntuación: 3/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
- 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://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://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606
- 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://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://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://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606
- 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
JSON original (NVD)
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