CVE-2017-9096 (GCVE-0-2017-9096)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-08 16:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:55
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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