CVE-2016-1789 (GCVE-0-2016-1789)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-05 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:10
VLAI
Summary
Apple iBooks Author before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an iBooks Author file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT206224 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Date Public
2016-03-31 00:00
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