CVE-2018-9950

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-9950. PoCs published by sandi-go.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a writeup for CVE-2018-9950, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF. The flaw allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information via a malicious PDF file due to improper validation of user-supplied data.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. 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 parsing of PDF documents. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5413.