CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-3208
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Description
The Java implementation of AMF3 deserializers used by WebORB for Java by Midnight Coders, version 5.1.1.0, allows external entity references (XXEs) from XML documents embedded within AMF3 messages. If the XML parsing is handled incorrectly it could potentially expose sensitive data on the server, denial of service, or server side request forgery.
Affected configurations
• themidnightcoders weborb for java 5.1.1.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97384 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityweek.com/flaws-java-amf-libraries-allow-remote-code-execution Third Party Advisory
- https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2017/04/amf.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/307983 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97384 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityweek.com/flaws-java-amf-libraries-allow-remote-code-execution Third Party Advisory
- https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2017/04/amf.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/307983 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource