CVE-2018-1000840

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-1000840
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-20 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-02-07 14:59:00 UTC
DescriptionProcessing Foundation Processing version 3.4 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in loadXML() function that can result in An attacker can read arbitrary files and exfiltrate their contents via HTTP requests. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must use Processing to parse a crafted XML document.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Processing Processing All All All All

References

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CVE-2018-1000840 - XXE in loadXML() · Issue #5706 · processing/processing · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Ben Fry na Twitterze: "That XML parsing code is inherited from Java. But what you're calling a vulnerability is a bit like saying loadStrings() can open any file that the user has permissions for (i.e. /etc/passwd and others).… https://t.co/nMiK9HLnyR" MISC twitter.com Third Party Advisory
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