CVE-2016-4434

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 38% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: September 30, 2017 (3149 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metadata in PDF and other file formats, a related issue to CVE-2016-2175.

CWE

CWE-611

Affected Products

apache tika

References

🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 lists.apache.org