CVE-2017-9096

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.

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2017-017_itext_xml_external_entity_attack.txt

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03902en_us

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541483/100/0/threaded

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3