CVE-2018-1000838

Publication date 20 December 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
autopsy	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

msalvatore

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

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	10.0 · Critical
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