CVE-2018-1000840

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
Processing Foundation Processing version 3.4 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in loadXML() function that can result in An attacker can read arbitrary files and exfiltrate their contents via HTTP requests. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must use Processing to parse a crafted XML document.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-1000840
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-12-20T15:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-02-07T14:59:15
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:processing:processing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://twitter.com/ben_fry/status/1054333613465059329 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5706 Exploit Third Party Advisory Patch
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000840
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000840
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:59:16 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 15:33:01 2018-12-20T15:29Z 2018-12-20T15:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 15:33:01 2019-02-07T14:59:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 15:33:01 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated