PT-2023-8814 · Kofax · Kofax Power Pdf

Mat Powell · Published 2023-12-20 · Updated 2024-04-03 · CVE-2024-27344

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, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The flaw exists within the parsing of PDF files due to the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, resulting in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this to execute code in the context of the current process. The vulnerability is related to a buffer copy without checking the size of the input data, which can be exploited using a specially crafted PDF file.

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

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-02037

CVE-2024-27344

ZDI-24-224

Affected Products

Kofax Power Pdf

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27344 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27344 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-224 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-02037 · Security Note
• https://docshield.tungstenautomation.com/PowerPDF/en_US/5.0.0-3uoz7ssq2b/print/ReadMe-KofaxPowerPDFAdvanced-5.0.0.17.htm · Note