CVE-2017-5662

Description

In Apache Batik before 1.9, files lying on the filesystem of the server which uses batik can be revealed to arbitrary users who send maliciously formed SVG files. The file types that can be shown depend on the user context in which the exploitable application is running. If the user is root a full compromise of the server - including confidential or sensitive files - would be possible. XXE can also be used to attack the availability of the server via denial of service as the references within a xml document can trivially trigger an amplification attack.

How to fix CVE-2017-5662

To remediate CVE-2017-5662, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

—upgrade to 1.9-1 or later
—upgrade to 1.7+dfsg-3+deb7u2 or later
—upgrade to 1.7+dfsg-5+deb8u1 or later
—upgrade to 1.9 or later

Is CVE-2017-5662 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (4)

from 0, < 1.9-1
from 0, < 1.7+dfsg-3+deb7u2
from 0, < 1.7+dfsg-5+deb8u1
from 0, < 1.9

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	HIGH7.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H