7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
80.4%
The XML parsing code in Sun Java Runtime Environment JDK and JRE 6 Update 3
and earlier processes external entity references even when the “external
general entities” property is false, which allows remote attackers to
conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks and cause a denial of service or
access restricted resources.