Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-4434 (CCN-113511)

Assigned:2016-05-26
Published:2016-05-26
Updated:2018-10-09
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
3.8 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-611
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-4434

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2017-0248
Moderate: Red Hat JBoss BRMS security update

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2017:0248

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2017-0249
Moderate: Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite security update

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2017:0249

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2017-0272
Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization security and bug fix update

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2017:0272

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Thu, 26 May 2016 15:55:35 +0000 (UTC)
[CVE-2016-4434] Apache Tika XML External Entity vulnerability

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20160526 [CVE-2016-4434] Apache Tika XML External Entity vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
apache-tika-cve20164434-info-disc(113511)

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[lucene-solr-user] 20190104 Re: SOLR v7 Security Issues Caused Denial of Use - Sonatype Application Composition Report

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
[tika-dev] 20160526 [CVE-2016-4434] Apache Tika XML External Entity vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Apache Web site
Tika

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6524700 (Planning Analytics Workspace)
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace is affected by security vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-4434

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:apache:tika:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:apache:tika:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/a:ibm:planning_analytics_workspace:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201644340000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4434 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.
    2017-09-30
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201644340000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4434 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2017-09-30
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201644340000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4434 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-09-30
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20164434000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4434 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - untriaged.
    2017-09-29
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201644340000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4434 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2017-09-29
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20164434000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4434 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2017-09-29
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20164434000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4434 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2017-09-29
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20164434000
    V
    		CVE-2016-4434 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-09-29
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