CVE-2021-42560

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    CVE-2021-42560

    Published: 12 Jan 2022Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.).

    References: https://github.com/mitre/caldera/releases, https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2021-42560-Unsafe%20XML%20Parsing-MITRE%20Caldera

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- b874da9bf24ec9025a1016305642298143daaa8e
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.9.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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