CVE-2016-9487

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9487
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-13 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:20:00 UTC
DescriptionEpubCheck 4.0.1 does not properly restrict resolving external entities when parsing XML in EPUB files during validation. An attacker who supplies a specially crafted EPUB file may be able to exploit this behavior to read arbitrary files, or have the victim execute arbitrary requests on his behalf, abusing the victim's trust relationship with other entities.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application W3 Epubcheck 4.0.1 All All All
Application W3 Epubcheck 4.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability Note VU#779243 - EpubCheck 4.0.1 contains a XML external entity processing vulnerability CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
EpubCheck CVE-2016-9487 XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
EpubCheck CVE-2016-9487 XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability MITRE www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Thanks to Craig Arendt for reporting this vulnerability.

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