CVE-2016-5000

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Poi
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 August 2016

Summary

The XLSX2CSV example in Apache POI before 3.14 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted OpenXML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538981/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92100
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037741
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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