CVE-2023-40471

HIGH

PDF-XChange Editor - Remote Code Execution via Untrusted Pointer Dereference in App Object Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

PDF-XChange Editor App Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. 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 App objects. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-20729.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_research-advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1150/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 25.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-822
Status published
Products (2)
pdf-xchange/pdf-tools 9.5.368.0
pdf-xchange/pdf-xchange_editor 9.5.368.0
Published May 03, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026