CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-3255

7.5 HIGH Published 2016-07-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-07-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, and 4.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka ".NET Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Affected configurations

• microsoft .net framework 2.0 • microsoft .net framework 3.5 • microsoft .net framework 3.5.1 • microsoft .net framework 4.5.2 • microsoft .net framework 4.6 • microsoft .net framework 4.6.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References