CVE-2018-1000838 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Autopsy versions 4.9.0 and earlier. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, or port scanning by providing a specially crafted CaseMetadata XML file. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sleuthkit:autopsy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.