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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEPDFBOX-30695
  • published6 May 2016
  • disclosed6 May 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 May 2016

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-592  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-app 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1