CVE-2020-26538 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Foxit Reader

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Foxitsoftware Foxit ReaderFoxitsoftware Phantompdf
Timeline
PublishedOct 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse taskkill.exe in the current working directory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

Patches

Patch: www.foxitsoftware.com ↗Patch: www.foxitsoftware.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x8vm-782w-cmgm: An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-26538: An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10↗2020-10-02
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