PT-2021-5449 · Foxit · Foxit Pdf Reader

R0Fm1A + 1 · Published 2021-07-23 · Updated 2024-05-08 · CVE-2021-34948

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foxit PDF Reader (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader. User interaction is required to exploit this issue, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of Square annotation objects, resulting from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute code in the context of the current process.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-06293

CVE-2021-34948

ZDI-21-1179

Affected Products

Foxit Pdf Reader

References · 11

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1179 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34948 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/671771 · Security Note
• https://foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/upload/VULN/VULN-20211130.5.pdf · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34948 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-06293 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1788295975012114752 · Twitter Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021112906 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/79504 · Telegram Post
• https://foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html?Security+updates+available+in+Foxit+PhantomPDF+10.1.62021-11-29+00%3A00%3A00 · Note