CVE-2016-1789

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.9%

Apple iBooks Author before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an iBooks Author file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 60% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2016-04-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:ibooks_author

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00008.html
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT206224
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00008.html
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT206224

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