CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-9958
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-05-17
- 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-416
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 Text Annotations. When setting the point attribute, the process does not properly validate the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5620.
Affected configurations
• foxitsoftware foxit reader (<= 9.0.1.1049)
• foxitsoftware phantompdf (<= 9.0.1.1049)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160240/Foxit-Reader-9.0.1.1049-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html packetstormsecurity.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44941/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45269/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-342 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160240/Foxit-Reader-9.0.1.1049-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html packetstormsecurity.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44941/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45269/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-342 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry