CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-5661

7.3 HIGH Published 2017-04-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-04-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.9 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-611

Description

In Apache FOP before 2.2, files lying on the filesystem of the server which uses FOP can be revealed to arbitrary users who send maliciously formed SVG files. The file types that can be shown depend on the user context in which the exploitable application is running. If the user is root a full compromise of the server - including confidential or sensitive files - would be possible. XXE can also be used to attack the availability of the server via denial of service as the references within a xml document can trivially trigger an amplification attack.

Affected configurations

• apache formatting objects processor (<= 2.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References