PT-2024-35503 · Kofax · Kofax Power Pdf

Mat Powell · Published 2024-05-31 · Updated 2025-08-06 · CVE-2024-5301

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 PSD files, resulting 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 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

Memory Corruption

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-5301

ZDI-24-546

Affected Products

Kofax Power Pdf

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-546 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5301 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/131139 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/95975 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1798781395495788596 · Twitter Post