Authentication Bypass Affecting org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox package, versions [,1.8.13) [2.0.0,2.0.2)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEPDFBOX-30694
  • published 6 May 2016
  • disclosed 6 May 2016
  • credit Joe Ye

Introduced: 6 May 2016

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-592 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox to versions 1.8.13 ,2.0.2 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The ReadOnly permissions are not called in the StandardSecurityHandler, allowing all users to edit the PDF file although the are not the owners.