CVE-2018-16291: Foxitsoftware Phantompdf vulnerability
Foxitsoftware · Phantompdf
Affected: Foxitsoftware Phantompdf · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 85% of scored CVEs
Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.
DescriptionCVE.org
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Reader before 9.3 and PhantomPDF before 9.3, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-16292, CVE-2018-16293, CVE-2018-16294, CVE-2018-16295, CVE-2018-16296, and CVE-2018-16297. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger a previously freed object in memory to be reused, resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. If the browser plugin extension is enabled, visiting a malicious site can also trigger the vulnerability.
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Foxitsoftware
- Published
- October 2018
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