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CVE-2016-9487 (GCVE-0-2016-9487)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-13 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
VLAI?
Summary
EpubCheck 4.0.1 does not properly restrict resolving external entities when parsing XML in EPUB files during validation. An attacker who supplies a specially crafted EPUB file may be able to exploit this behavior to read arbitrary files, or have the victim execute arbitrary requests on his behalf, abusing the victim's trust relationship with other entities.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/779243 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94864/ vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
EpubCheck EpubCheck Affected: 4.0.1
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Credits
Thanks to Craig Arendt for reporting this vulnerability.
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