CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-14285

8.8 HIGH Published 2018-07-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-07-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-704, CWE-843

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.1049. 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 oneOfChild attribute. 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-5774.

Affected configurations

• foxitsoftware foxit reader (<= 9.1.0.5096) • foxitsoftware phantompdf (<= 9.1.0.5096)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast weakness
  • CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type weakness

References