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CVE-2017-6100

tcpdf before 6.2.0 uploads files from the server generating PDF-files to an external FTP.

7.5 HighFix available

tcpdf before 6.2.0 uploads files from the server generating PDF-files to an external FTP.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.46%Up 0.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

tcpdf before 6.2.0 uploads files from the server generating PDF-files to an external FTP.

Record
CVE-2017-6100
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-668
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

tcpdf before 6.2.0 uploads files from the server generating PDF-files to an external FTP.

Record
CVE-2017-6100
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15165 No score

tcpdf before 6.2.0 uploads files from the server generating PDF-files to an external FTP.

Record
EUVD-2017-15165
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xv34-wq27-w2wm 7.5

tcpdf before 6.2.0 uploads files from the server generating PDF-files to an external FTP.

tcpdf before 6.2.0 uploads files from the server generating PDF-files to an external FTP.

Record
GHSA-xv34-wq27-w2wm
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-668
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

tcpdf before 6.2.0 uploads files from the server generating PDF-files to an external FTP.

Record
CVE-2017-6100
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-6100 7.5

tcpdf before 6.2.0 uploads files from the server generating PDF-files to an external FTP.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6100
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-6100 7.5

tcpdf before 6.2.0 uploads files from the server generating PDF-files to an external FTP.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6100
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0067 No score

Updated php-tcpdf packages fix security vulnerability

A local file inclusion vulnerability in TCPDF allows to upload files from the server generating PDF files to an external FTP server (CVE-2017-6100).

The updated php-tcpdf-6.0.098-1.1.mga5 package fixes this issue by setting K_TCPDF_CALLS_IN_HTML configuration parameter to false by default.

Record
MGASA-2017-0067
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tcpdf
Debian:12
before 6.2.12+dfsg2-1
6.2.12+dfsg2-1
tcpdf
Debian:13
before 6.2.12+dfsg2-1
6.2.12+dfsg2-1
tcpdf
Debian:14
before 6.2.12+dfsg2-1
6.2.12+dfsg2-1
php-tcpdf
Mageia:5
before 6.0.098-1.1.mga5
6.0.098-1.1.mga5
tcpdf
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
6.0.010+dfsg-16.0.021+dfsg-16.0.048+dfsg-16.0.048+dfsg-2
None known
tcpdf
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
6.0.093+dfsg-16.0.093+dfsg-1ubuntu1
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-6100 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Tcpdf Project Tcpdf, published February 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.46%, the 73rd percentile. Fixed in tcpdf 6.2.12+dfsg2-1.

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