CVE-2016-4434

Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE)…

published September 29, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
4%
Percentile
89.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metadata in PDF and other file formats, a related issue to CVE-2016-2175.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03573 · 89.2th percentile
Published
2017-09-29T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 SEP 20:00Z
    Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE)…
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