PT-2024-36485 · Kofax · Kofax Power Pdf

Mat Powell · Published 2024-05-31 · Updated 2024-11-24 · CVE-2024-5513

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, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The flaw exists within the parsing of JP2 files due to the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, resulting in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this 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.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-5513

ZDI-24-556

Affected Products

Kofax Power Pdf

References · 4

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-556 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5513 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5513 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1860562145437536373 · Twitter Post