PT-2019-9810 · Foxit · Foxit Reader Sdk (Activex) Professional

Published 2019-06-07 · Updated 2019-06-18 · CVE-2018-19444

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional version 5.4.0.1031

Description A use after free issue in the TextBox field Validate action in IReader ContentProvider can be triggered by specially crafted PDF files, potentially allowing an attacker to achieve remote code execution. This issue requires specific JavaScript code for exploitation and has a different free location compared to a related issue.

Recommendations For Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional version 5.4.0.1031, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-19444

Affected Products

Foxit Reader Sdk (Activex) Professional

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19444 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/4773 · Telegram Post