Vulnerability CVE-2016-5000
Published: 2016-08-05

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-611

 (Information Exposure Through XML External Entity Reference)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Apache -> POI 

 References:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538981/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92100
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037741
https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user@poi.apache.org
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