7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-2175
Apache PDFBox XML External Entity (XXE)
Description

Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.

INFO

Published Date :

June 1, 2016, 8:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:31 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-2175 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2175 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Apache pdfbox
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-2175.

URL Resource
http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3E
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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LibHunter/LibHunter

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Python Shell Batchfile

Updated: 3 months ago
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Born at : June 5, 2024, 8:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 89 different CVEs too.
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CGCL-codes/PHunter

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Java

Updated: 1 year ago
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0xCyberY/CVE-T4PDF

CVEs and Techniques used PDF as an attack vector.

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
54 stars 12 fork 12 watcher
Born at : June 22, 2022, 6:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 701 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-2175 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-2175 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%[email protected]%3E
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54@%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54@%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565 No Types Assigned http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565 Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%[email protected]%3E No Types Assigned http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%[email protected]%3E Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564 No Types Assigned http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564 Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a>
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:1.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2175 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2175 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} -0.00%

score

0.38623

percentile

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