CVE-2021-38572

CRITICAL

Foxit Reader & PhantomPDF <10.1.4 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows writing to arbitrary files because the extractPages pathname is not validated.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 6.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (2)

foxitsoftware/foxit_reader < 10.1.4

foxitsoftware/phantompdf < 10.1.4

Published Aug 11, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026