Vulnerability in Apache Poi
CVE-2014-3529
The OPC SAX setup in Apache POI before 3.10.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an OpenXML file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.128 (96.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.128 · newest: 0.128 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Poi — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss
- poi.apache.org/changes.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/78018 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/61766 (third-party-advisory)
- lucene.apache.org/solr/solrnews.html (Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95770 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1370.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.apache.org/dist/poi/release/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
- secunia.com/advisories/60419 (third-party-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1400.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-3529?
- CVE-2014-3529 is a vulnerability in Apache Poi. Published 2014-09-04.
- Is CVE-2014-3529 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.