PT-2023-8816 · Kofax · Kofax Power Pdf

Mat Powell · Published 2023-08-24 · Updated 2024-04-03 · CVE-2024-27337

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 TIF files, resulting from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. 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

Memory Corruption

Stack Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-121

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-02040

CVE-2024-27337

ZDI-24-230

Affected Products

Kofax Power Pdf

References · 8

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-230 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-02040 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27337 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27337 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1764868194236244080 · Twitter Post
• https://vuldb.com/?id.255756 · Note
• https://docshield.tungstenautomation.com/PowerPDF/en_US/5.0.0-3uoz7ssq2b/print/ReadMe-KofaxPowerPDFAdvanced-5.0.0.17.htm · Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-22033 · Note