PT-2018-8451 · Jetbrains · Intellij Idea

Alon Boxiner + 3 · Published 2018-08-03 · Updated 2018-10-23 · CVE-2017-8316

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IntelliJ IDEA (affected versions not specified)

Description The IntelliJ IDEA XML parser is susceptible to an XML External Entity attack. An attacker can exploit this issue by implementing malicious code in the AndroidManifest.xml file.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8316

Affected Products

Intellij Idea

References · 5

• 🔥 https://research.checkpoint.com/parsedroid-targeting-android-development-research-community · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8316 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8316 · Security Note
• https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-175381 · Note
• http://git.jetbrains.org/?p=idea/adt-tools-base.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a778b2b88515513654e002cd51cbe8eb8226e96b · Note