CVE-2016-2175: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

June 1, 2016 (updated October 9, 2018)

Apache PDFBox does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2175
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2175
issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2852

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