PT-2016-4904 · Apple · Ibooks Author

Behrouz Sadeghipour + 3 · Published 2016-04-05 · Updated 2016-12-03 · CVE-2016-1789

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iBooks Author versions prior to 2.4.1

Description The issue 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.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.4.1, update to version 2.4.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1789

Affected Products

Ibooks Author

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1789 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT206224 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00008.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1789 · Security Note