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.
Published: 2026-09-03
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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

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First Time appeared Exterro
Exterro ftk Imager
Vendors & Products Exterro
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
References
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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Exterro Ftk Imager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-03T15:16:07.490Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-82525

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-82525

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

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