### [CVE-2017-9096](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9096)
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### Description

The XML parsers in iText before 5.5.12 and 7.x before 7.0.3 do not disable external entities, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/0xCyberY/CVE-T4PDF
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/Anonymous-Phunter/PHunter
- https://github.com/CGCL-codes/PHunter
- https://github.com/LibHunter/LibHunter
- https://github.com/jakabakos/CVE-2017-9096
- https://github.com/jakabakos/CVE-2017-9096-iText-XXE