CVE-2017-5992

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 High 8.2
Description
Openpyxl 2.4.1 resolves external entities by default, which allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks via a crafted .xlsx document.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5992
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-15T19:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-17T14:00:06
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-611 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:python:openpyxl:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.2
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.8
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854442 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/issues/749 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/commits/3b4905f428e1 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5992
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5992
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:48:26 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:58:10 2017-02-15T19:59Z 2017-02-15T19:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:58:10 2017-02-17T14:00:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:58:10 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated