CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-5748

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Mar 23, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

External Entity Processing (XXE) vulnerability in the risk score application of NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 Hot Fix 1 and 4.2 before 4.2.2 could be used to disclose the content of local files to logged-in users.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Access_manager Netiq 4.1 (including) 4.1 (including)
Access_manager Netiq 4.1-sp1 (including) 4.1-sp1 (including)
Access_manager Netiq 4.1-sp2 (including) 4.1-sp2 (including)
Access_manager Netiq 4.2 (including) 4.2 (including)
Access_manager Netiq 4.2-sp1 (including) 4.2-sp1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References