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CVE-2018-1000838

Published: 20 December 2018

autopsy version <= 4.9.0 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in CaseMetadata XML Parser that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted CaseMetadata.

Notes

AuthorNote
msalvatore 
"Autopsy 3 was a complete rewrite from Autopsy 2 to make it Java-based."

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

10.0

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
autopsy
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
upstream Not vulnerable
(code not present)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 10.0
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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