CVE-2017-5661
In Apache FOP before 2.2, files lying on the filesystem of the server which uses FOP can be revealed to arbitrary users who send…
- 7.3HighCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In Apache FOP before 2.2, files lying on the filesystem of the server which uses FOP can be revealed to arbitrary users who send maliciously formed SVG files. The file types that can be shown depend on the user context in which the exploitable application is running. If the user is root a full compromise of the server - including confidential or sensitive files - would be possible. XXE can also be used to attack the availability of the server via denial of service as the references within a xml document can trivially trigger an amplification attack.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache FOP
- affected before 2.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.xmlgraphics:fopGHSA-5hg8-r9vq-gjqp (opens in a new tab)
References
4
- DSA-3864 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 97947 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-2596 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5hg8-r9vq-gjqp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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