Apache Tika does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers · CVE-2016-4434 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Apache Tika does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 17, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven)

Affected versions

< 1.13

Patched versions

1.13

Description

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.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 17, 2018

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

7.8

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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