Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Foxit Reader 9.2.0.9297
CVE-2018-17679 · MEDIUM Severity
AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.2.0.9297. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PDF documents. By manipulating a document's elements, an attacker can cause a pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6890.
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