CVE-2017-8315

HIGH 7.5CVE-2017-8315 · Published 20/04/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-8315 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting ide (eclipse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 76.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ide eclipse	`= 2017.2.5`	No fix yet

Description

Eclipse XML parser for the Eclipse IDE versions 2017.2.5 and earlier was found vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability by implementing malicious code on Androidmanifest.xml.

References

bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi · Permissions Required
research.checkpoint.com/parsedroid-targeting-android-development-research-community · Exploit

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