PT-2024-6407 · Pdf Xchange · Pdf-Xchange Editor

Mat Powell · Published 2024-05-21 · Updated 2024-11-29 · CVE-2024-8825

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 PDF-XChange Editor (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. 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 PDF files due to the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, resulting in a read 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.

Out of bounds Read

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-07492

CVE-2024-8825

ZDI-24-1248

Affected Products

Pdf-Xchange Editor

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07492 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1248 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/upload/VULN-new/VULN.2024-09-23.1.pdf · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8825 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8825 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1860073519197102568 · Twitter Post
• https://pdf-xchange.com/index.php/support/security-bulletins.html · Note
• https://twitter.com/dailycve/status/1862605938902868234 · Twitter Post