CVE-2016-1789 in iBooks Author

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 01/13/2016
• Disclosure: 04/05/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-611 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.5
• EPSS: 0.00560
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1789
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1789
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-1789/