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CVE-2018-13417

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

In Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: (1) Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user account running Vuze, (2) Initiate SMB connections to capture a NetNTLM challenge/response and crack to cleartext password, or (3) Initiate SMB connections to relay a NetNTLM challenge/response and achieve Remote Command Execution in Windows domains.

Affected products

• Vuze Bittorrent Client: 5.7.6.0

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/2
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45145/
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/2
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45145/

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