PT-2019-9815 · Foxit · Foxit Reader Sdk (Activex) Professional

Published 2019-06-17 · Updated 2019-06-18 · CVE-2018-19449

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 The issue allows a File Write to occur for specially crafted PDF files when the JavaScript API Doc.exportAsFDF is used. This can be leveraged by an attacker to gain remote code execution.

Recommendations For Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional version 5.4.0.1031, consider disabling the Doc.exportAsFDF JavaScript API until a patch is available to prevent potential remote code execution.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-19449

Affected Products

Foxit Reader Sdk (Activex) Professional

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19449 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19449 · Security Note
• https://foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php · Vendor Advisory