CVE-2016-5000

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2016-07-22
CWE:
CWE-611
Bugzilla:
1359663: CVE-2016-5000 poi: XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in Apache POI's XLSX2CSV Example

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2016-5000 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 7.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6.2.0 poi Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 poi Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.2.4 poi Not affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.3.0 poi Not affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5.3.1 poi Not affected
Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.3.0 poi Not affected
RHEV Manager 3.5 jasperreports-server-pro Not affected

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