PT-2023-5452 · Kofax · Kofax Power Pdf Advanced

Mat Powell · Published 2023-07-06 · Updated 2024-09-18 · CVE-2023-42039

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 Advanced (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the parsing of PDF files, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. This requires user interaction, such as visiting a malicious page or opening a malicious file. The problem arises from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability 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 vulnerability.

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06082

CVE-2023-42039

ZDI-23-1395

Affected Products

Kofax Power Pdf Advanced

References · 9

• https://safe-surf.ru/upload/VULN-new/VULN.2023-09-11.1.pdf · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42039 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1395 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06082 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1786822822918238312 · Twitter Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023091134 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.239279 · Note
• https://docshield.kofax.com/PowerPDF/en_US/5.0.0-3uoz7ssq2b/print/ReadMe-KofaxPowerPDFAdvanced-5.0.0.12.htm · Note