PT-2023-4974 · Kofax · Kofax Power Pdf

Mat Powell · Published 2023-09-08 · Updated 2024-05-04 · CVE-2023-42037

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 Kofax Power PDF (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kofax Power PDF. 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 parsing of PDF files, resulting from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory corruption condition. 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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-05513

CVE-2023-42037

ZDI-23-1392

Affected Products

Kofax Power Pdf

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1392 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42037 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05513 · Security Note
• https://docshield.kofax.com/PowerPDF/en_US/5.0.0-3uoz7ssq2b/print/ReadMe-KofaxPowerPDFAdvanced-5.0.0.12.htm · Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-21583 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1786822825468432498 · Twitter Post