Hunting for SSRF Bugs in PDF Generators
Summary
This article discusses Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities, focusing on how they can be found in PDF generators. It highlights common features on websites that are often susceptible to these types of bugs.
IFF Assessment
FOE
The article details a common vulnerability that attackers can exploit to compromise systems, making it bad news for defenders.
Defender Context
SSRF vulnerabilities can allow attackers to force a server to make requests to internal or external resources, potentially leading to data exfiltration, internal network scanning, or exploitation of other services. Defenders should be aware of these attack vectors, especially in applications that process external data or interact with other services.