CVE-2021-42560

moderate-risk
Published 2022-01-12

An issue was discovered in CALDERA 2.9.0. The Debrief plugin receives base64 encoded "SVG" parameters when generating a PDF document. These SVG documents are parsed in an unsafe manner and can be leveraged for XXE attacks (e.g., File Exfiltration, Server Side Request Forgery, Out of Band Exfiltration, etc.).

Do I need to act?

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10.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 90% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Mitre

References (4)

Exploit https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2021-42560-Unsafe%2...
Release Notes https://github.com/mitre/caldera/releases
Exploit https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2021-42560-Unsafe%2...
Release Notes https://github.com/mitre/caldera/releases
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal