What is CVE-2016-1789?

CVE-2016-1789 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ibooks Author. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-04-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-1789?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Ibooks Author

CVE-2016-1789

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.

EPSS: 0.009 (57.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apple Ibooks_author
N/a — versions n/a

References

product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1789?: CVE-2016-1789 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ibooks Author. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-1789?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.