CVE-2017-8316 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Severity

78%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

115%

IntelliJ IDEA XML parser was found vulnerable to XML External Entity attack, an attacker can exploit the vulnerability by implementing malicious code on both Androidmanifest.xml.

IntelliJ IDEA XML parser was found vulnerable to XML External Entity attack, an attacker can exploit the vulnerability by implementing malicious code on both Androidmanifest.xml.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-08-03 15:29:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-23 11:25:00

Affected Software

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA

References

http://git.jetbrains.org/?p=idea/adt-tools-base.git;a=commit;h=a778b2b88515513654e002cd51cbe8eb8226e96b

Patch, Third Party Advisory

https://research.checkpoint.com/parsedroid-targeting-android-development-research-community/

Exploit, Third Party Advisory

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-175381

Broken Link

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