Calibre
CVE-2016-10187
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Permission and access control
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.39%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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The E-book viewer in calibre before 2.75 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted epub file with JavaScript. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. The E-book viewer in calibre before 2.75 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted epub file with JavaScript. Affected products include: Calibre-Ebook Calibre. Version information: before 2.75.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
The E-book viewer in calibre before 2.75 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted epub file with JavaScript.
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Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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Calibre versions 9.2.1 and below allow authenticated users to write arbitrary files with any extension to any writable l
Remote code execution in Calibre prior to version 9.2.0 through a path traversal flaw in the CHM reader allows local att
Calibre 9.1.0 and earlier contains a path traversal vulnerability in EPUB conversion that allows malicious EPUB files to
calibre is an e-book manager. [CVSS 7.8 HIGH]
gui2/viewer/bookmarkmanager.py in Calibre 3.18 calls cPickle.load on imported bookmark data, which allows remote attacke
Path traversal in Calibre <= 7.14.0 allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve arbitrary file read. Rated high severity
link_to_local_path in ebooks/conversion/plugins/html_input.py in calibre before 6.19.0 can, by default, add resources ou
calibre before 5.32.0 contains a regular expression that is vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) i
Unsanitized user-input in Calibre <= 7.15.0 allow users with permissions to perform full-text searches to achieve SQL in
HTTP response header injection in Calibre Content Server prior to version 9.4.0 permits authenticated users to inject ar
Unsanitized user-input in Calibre <= 7.15.0 allow attackers to perform reflected cross-site scripting. Rated medium seve
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