VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-21244
It allows arbitrary application execution via an embedded executable file in a PDF portfolio, aka FG-VD-18-029.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.81%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Foxit PhantomPDF before 8.3.6. It allows arbitrary application execution via an embedded executable file in a PDF portfolio, aka FG-VD-18-029.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.81% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-434
- Affected
- foxitsoftware/phantompdf
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.phpVendor Advisory
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.phpVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.