Exterro FTK Imager before 8.3 contains an XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability that allows attackers to read arbitrary files from the host filesystem by embedding malicious external entity references and attacker-controlled XSLT stylesheets within a Report.xml file inside a UFDR ZIP evidence item. Attackers can craft a malicious UFDR archive that, when previewed by an examiner, causes the XML parser to resolve file:// external entity references and execute msxsl:script within the external stylesheet to exfiltrate the resolved file contents to an attacker-controlled endpoint via a generated image URL.

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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Exterro ftk Imager

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description Exterro FTK Imager before 8.3 contains an XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability that allows attackers to read arbitrary files from the host filesystem by embedding malicious external entity references and attacker-controlled XSLT stylesheets within a Report.xml file inside a UFDR ZIP evidence item. Attackers can craft a malicious UFDR archive that, when previewed by an examiner, causes the XML parser to resolve file:// external entity references and execute msxsl:script within the external stylesheet to exfiltrate the resolved file contents to an attacker-controlled endpoint via a generated image URL.
Title Exterro FTK Imager < 8.3 XXE via Report.xml XSLT Processing
Weaknesses CWE-611
CWE-829
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T13:50:52.191Z

Reserved: 2026-08-29T17:20:57.082Z

Link: CVE-2026-82525

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T13:48:41.888Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-03T16:18:23.077

Modified: 2026-09-14T14:17:12.867

Link: CVE-2026-82525

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-04T15:40:27Z

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