CVE-2017-9096
HIGH8.8EPSS 7.6%Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in iText
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 3/6/2024
Description
The XML parsers in iText before 5.5.12 and 7.x before 7.0.3 do not disable external entities, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.
Affected packages (2)
- Maven/com.itextpdf:itextpdffrom 0, < 5.5.12
- Maven/com.lowagie:itextfrom 0, <= 4.2.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9096
- WEBhttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03902en_us
- WEBhttps://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2017-017_itext_xml_external_entity_attack.txt
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541483/100/0/threaded