CVE-2018-5674

HIGH

Foxit Reader <9.1, PhantomPDF <9.1 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader before 9.1 and PhantomPDF before 9.1. 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 processing of specially crafted pdf files with embedded u3d images. Crafted data in the PDF file can trigger an overflow of a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-5676 and CVE-2018-5678.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://srcincite.io/advisories/src-2018-0010/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104300

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0150
EPSS Percentile 81.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
foxitsoftware/phantompdf < 9.0.1.1049
foxitsoftware/reader < 9.0.1.1049
Published May 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026