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HighSigmaHQ Moti Harmats

Potential XXE Exploitation Attempt In JVM Based Application

Detects XML parsing issues, if the application expects to work with XML make sure that the parser is initialized safely.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: Containers ESXi IaaS Linux macOS Network Devices Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: jvm
Log source category: application

Known benign triggers

If the application expects to work with XML there may be parsing issues that don't necessarily mean XXE.

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
owasp.org/www-community/vulnerabilities/XML_External_Entity_(XXE)_Processing	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
rules.sonarsource.com/java/RSPEC-2755	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
www.wix.engineering/post/threat-and-vulnerability-hunting-with-application-server-error-logs	Unclassified	8

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