THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-9096
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-9096

Itext vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
9.9%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The XML parsers in iText before 5.5.12 and 7.x before 7.0.3 do not disable external entities, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.
Affected vendor
Itextpdf
Affected product
Itext
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE) Reference
Published
2017-11-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-9096

  • Confirm whether Itextpdf Itext is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-9096.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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