CVE-2016-5000 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538981/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92100 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037741 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759 https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user@poi.apache.org https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5