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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Exterro FTK Imager affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 8.3

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References
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https://d1kpmuwb7gvu1i.cloudfront.net/8.x/8.3.0/Exterro%20FTK%20Imager%208.3%20-%20Release%20Notes.pdf cve-icon
https://www.exterro.com/ftk-downloads/ftk-imager-8-3 cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/exterro-ftk-imager-xxe-via-report-xml-xslt-processing cve-icon
History

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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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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