CVE-2019-0228

Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
13.0%
top 5.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 17
Latest updateJul 15

Description

Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XFDF.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages15 packages

Mavenorg.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox2.0.142.0.15
CVEListV5apache_pdfboxApache PDFBox 2.0.14
NVDapache/pdfbox2.0.14
NVDapache/james3.3.0, 3.4.0+1

Also affects: Fedora 29, 30

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
Vulnerability that affects org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox2019-07-05
GHSA
Vulnerability that affects org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox2019-07-05
CVEList
CVE-2019-0228: Apache PDFBox 22019-04-17

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Financial Services Applications Risk Matrix: Onboarding (Apache PDFbox) — CVE-2019-02282021-07-15
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Applications Risk Matrix: Message Store (Apache PDFBox) — CVE-2019-02282021-04-15
Red Hat
pdfbox: XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XFDF2019-04-12
Debian
CVE-2019-0228: libpdfbox-java - Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows c...2019
Apache
Apache tika: CVE-2019-0228

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-0228 pdfbox: XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XFDF2019-04-15
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-0228 pdfbox: XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XFDF [fedora-all]2019-04-15