K15428 : Apache Tomcat vulnerability CVE-2014-0096

Security Advisory Description

java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. (CVE-2014-0096)

Impact

An attacker may be able to bypass security-manager restrictions through a crafted web application. This vulnerability is considered local, as it is exploitable only by an authenticated user accessing the system using the command line.