CVE-2016-4434
CVSS V2 Medium 6.8
CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-4434
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-09-30T01:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2018-10-09T20:00:15
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.8
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4434 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4434 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 18:33:42 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 21:30:51 | 2017-09-30T01:29Z | 2017-09-30T01:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 21:30:51 | 2018-10-09T20:00:15 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 21:30:51 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |