CVE-2018-1000069 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

FreePlane version 1.5.9 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XML Parser in mindmap loader that can result in stealing data from victim's machine. This attack appears to require the victim to open a specially crafted mind map file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.6+.

FreePlane version 1.5.9 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XML Parser in mindmap loader that can result in stealing data from victim's machine. This attack appears to require the victim to open a specially crafted mind map file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.6+.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Debian Linux

First reported 7 years ago

2018-03-13 15:29:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2019-03-14 17:31:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 7.0

7.0

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

References

[debian-lts-announce] 20180324 [SECURITY] [DLA 1316-1] freeplane security update

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

DSA-4175

Third Party Advisory

https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/index.php/XML_External_Entity_vulnerability_in_map_parser

Vendor Advisory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXtiTNilAI

Exploit, Third Party Advisory

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