Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-5000 - XXE vulnerability in Apache POI
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The XLSX2CSV example in Apache POI before 3.14 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted OpenXML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92100
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037741
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538981/100/0/threaded
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user%40poi.apache.org