CVE-2016-2175

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
5.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 9% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: June 1, 2016 (3634 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

apache pdfboxdebian debian linux

References

🔗 mail-archives.us.apache.org 🔗 packetstormsecurity.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com