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Authentication Bypass Affecting org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-app Open this link in a new tab package, versions [,1.8.13) [2.0.0,2.0.2)

0.0
medium

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEPDFBOX-30695

  • published

    6 May 2016

  • disclosed

    6 May 2016

  • credit

    Unknown

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Introduced: 6 May 2016

CWE-592 Open this link 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.