CVE-2017-9096

Published: Nov 8, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

20171106 CVE-2017-9096 iText XML External Entity Vulnerability

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

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

x_refsource_MISC

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

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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

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CVE-2017-9096

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