CVE-2016-3255
Published Jul 13, 2016
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, and 4.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka ".NET Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-200
Evaluator
- Comment
- <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a>
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:2.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "42A6DF09-B8E1-414D-97E7-453566055279"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "E039CE1F-B988-4741-AE2E-5B36E2AF9688"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "8EDC4407-7E92-4E60-82F0-0C87D1860D3A"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "40B3A045-B08A-44E0-91BE-726753F6A362"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "280FE663-23BE-45D2-9B31-5F577E390B48"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "FF0B660D-1F30-4D45-B98B-726EDB8CB90F"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]