CVE-2018-9941: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. User interaction is required to…

PriorityP349high8.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

3.19%

86.7th percentile

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the record append method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5375.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
foxit	foxit_reader	—	—
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	<= 9.0.1.1049	—
foxitsoftware	phantompdf	<= 9.0.1.1049	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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