PT-2024-6432 · Pdf Xchange · Pdf-Xchange Editor

Rocco Calvi + 1 · Published 2024-06-06 · Updated 2024-11-29 · CVE-2024-8827

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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 specific flaw exists within the parsing of PPM 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

BDU:2024-07517

CVE-2024-8827

ZDI-24-1250

Affected Products

Pdf-Xchange Editor

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1250 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/upload/VULN-new/VULN.2024-09-23.1.pdf · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8827 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07517 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8827 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1860073516516925452 · Twitter Post
• https://pdf-xchange.com/index.php/support/security-bulletins.html · Note