CVE-2024-8602
XML Eternal Entity Attack in the Software Library taxstatement.jar
When the XML is read from the codes in the PDF and parsed using a DocumentBuilder, the default settings of the DocumentBuilder allow for an XXE (XML External Entity) attack. Further information on this can be found on the website of the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP). An attacker could theoretically leverage this by delivering a manipulated PDF file to the target, and depending on the environment, various actions can be executed. These actions include:
- Reading files from the operating system
- Crashing the thread handling the parsing or causing it to enter an infinite loop
- Executing HTTP requests
- Loading additional DTDs or XML files
- Under certain conditions, executing OS commands
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
XML Eternal Entity Attack in the Software Library taxstatement.jar
When the XML is read from the codes in the PDF and parsed using a DocumentBuilder, the default settings of the DocumentBuilder allow for an XXE (XML External Entity) attack. Further information on this can be found on the website of the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP). An attacker could theoretically leverage this by delivering a manipulated PDF file to the target, and depending on the environment, various actions can be executed. These actions include:
- Reading files from the operating system
- Crashing the thread handling the parsing or causing it to enter an infinite loop
- Executing HTTP requests
- Loading additional DTDs or XML files
- Under certain conditions, executing OS commands
- Record
CVE-2024-8602- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-49633
When the XML is read from the codes in the PDF and parsed using a DocumentBuilder, the default settings of the DocumentBuilder allow for an XXE (XML External Entity) attack. Further information on this can be found on the website of the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP). An attacker could theoretically leverage this by delivering a manipulated PDF file to the target, and depending on the environment, various actions can be executed. These actions include:
- Reading files from the operating system
- Crashing the thread handling the parsing or causing it to enter an infinite loop
- Executing HTTP requests
- Loading additional DTDs or XML files
- Under certain conditions, executing OS commands
- Record
EUVD-2024-49633- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8g38-jgjc-p9jh
When the XML is read from the codes in the PDF and parsed using a DocumentBuilder, the default...
When the XML is read from the codes in the PDF and parsed using a DocumentBuilder, the default settings of the DocumentBuilder allow for an XXE (XML External Entity) attack. Further information on this can be found on the website of the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP). An attacker could theoretically leverage this by delivering a manipulated PDF file to the target, and depending on the environment, various actions can be executed. These actions include:
- Reading files from the operating system
- Crashing the thread handling the parsing or causing it to enter an infinite loop
- Executing HTTP requests
- Loading additional DTDs or XML files
- Under certain conditions, executing OS commands
- Record
GHSA-8g38-jgjc-p9jh- CVSS 4.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:N/R:X/V:X/RE:L/U:Green - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
When the XML is read from the codes in the PDF and parsed using a DocumentBuilder, the default settings of the DocumentBuilder allow for an XXE (XML External Entity) attack. Further information on this can be found on the website of the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP). An attacker could theoretically leverage this by delivering a manipulated PDF file to the target, and depending on the environment, various actions can be executed. These actions include:
- Reading files from the operating system
- Crashing the thread handling the parsing or causing it to enter an infinite loop
- Executing HTTP requests
- Loading additional DTDs or XML files
- Under certain conditions, executing OS commands
- Record
CVE-2024-8602- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-8602 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Schweizerische Steuerkonferenz Library Taxstatement.jar, published October 14, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.