CVE-2018-18689

Summary

CVECVE-2018-18689
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-07 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-15 17:07:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Portable Document Format (PDF) specification does not provide any information regarding the concrete procedure of how to validate signatures. Consequently, a Signature Wrapping vulnerability exists in multiple products. An attacker can use /ByteRange and xref manipulations that are not detected by the signature-validation logic. This affects Foxit Reader before 9.4 and PhantomPDF before 8.3.9 and 9.x before 9.4. It also affects eXpert PDF 12 Ultimate, Expert PDF Reader, Nitro Pro, Nitro Reader, PDF Architect 6, PDF Editor 6 Pro, PDF Experte 9 Ultimate, PDFelement6 Pro, PDF Studio Viewer 2018, PDF Studio Pro, PDF-XChange Editor and Viewer, Perfect PDF 10 Premium, Perfect PDF Reader, Soda PDF, and Soda PDF Desktop.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-347

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Application Avanquest Expert Pdf Ultimate 12.0.20 All All All
Application Avanquest Expert Pdf Ultimate 12.0.20 All All All
Application Avanquest Pdf Experte Ultimate 9.0.270 All All All
Application Avanquest Pdf Experte Ultimate 9.0.270 All All All
Application Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 9.1.0 All All All
Application Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 9.2.0 All All All
Application Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 9.2.0.9297 All All All
Application Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 9.3.0.10826 All All All
Application Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 9.1.0 All All All
Application Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 9.2.0 All All All
Application Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 9.2.0.9297 All All All
Application Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 9.3.0.10826 All All All
Application Gonitro Nitro Pro 11.0.3.173 All All All
Application Gonitro Nitro Pro 11.0.3.173 All All All
Application Gonitro Nitro Reader 5.5.9.2 All All All
Application Gonitro Nitro Reader 5.5.9.2 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdfelement6 6.7.1.3355 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdfelement6 6.7.6.3399 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdfelement6 6.8.0.3523 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdfelement6 6.8.4.3921 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdfelement6 6.7.1.3355 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdfelement6 6.7.6.3399 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdfelement6 6.8.0.3523 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdfelement6 6.8.4.3921 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdf Editor 6 6.4.2.3521 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdf Editor 6 6.6.2.3315 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdf Editor 6 6.7.6.3399 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdf Editor 6 6.4.2.3521 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdf Editor 6 6.6.2.3315 All All All
Application Iskysoft Pdf Editor 6 6.7.6.3399 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Pdfforge Pdf Architect 6.0.37 All All All
Application Pdfforge Pdf Architect 6.1.24.1862 All All All
Application Pdfforge Pdf Architect 6.0.37 All All All
Application Pdfforge Pdf Architect 6.1.24.1862 All All All
Application Qoppa Pdf Studio 12.0.7 All All All
Application Qoppa Pdf Studio 12.0.7 All All All
Application Qoppa Pdf Studio Viewer 2018 2018.0.1 All All All
Application Qoppa Pdf Studio Viewer 2018 2018.2.0 All All All
Application Qoppa Pdf Studio Viewer 2018 2018.0.1 All All All
Application Qoppa Pdf Studio Viewer 2018 2018.2.0 All All All
Application Sodapdf Soda Pdf 9.3.17 All All All
Application Sodapdf Soda Pdf 9.3.17 All All All
Application Sodapdf Soda Pdf Desktop 10.2.09 All All All
Application Sodapdf Soda Pdf Desktop 10.2.16.1217 All All All
Application Sodapdf Soda Pdf Desktop 10.2.09 All All All
Application Sodapdf Soda Pdf Desktop 10.2.16.1217 All All All
Application Soft-xpansion Perfect Pdf 10 10.0.0.1 All All All
Application Soft-xpansion Perfect Pdf 10 10.0.0.1 All All All
Application Soft-xpansion Perfect Pdf Reader 13.0.3 All All All
Application Soft-xpansion Perfect Pdf Reader 13.1.5 All All All
Application Soft-xpansion Perfect Pdf Reader 13.0.3 All All All
Application Soft-xpansion Perfect Pdf Reader 13.1.5 All All All
Application Tracker-software Pdf-xchange Editor 7.0.237.1 All All All
Application Tracker-software Pdf-xchange Editor 7.0.326 All All All
Application Tracker-software Pdf-xchange Editor 7.0.237.1 All All All
Application Tracker-software Pdf-xchange Editor 7.0.326 All All All
Application Tracker-software Pdf-xchange Viewer 2.5 All All All
Application Tracker-software Pdf-xchange Viewer 2.5 All All All
Application Visagesoft Expert Pdf Reader 9.0.180 All All All
Application Visagesoft Expert Pdf Reader 9.0.180 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Bulletins | Foxit Software CONFIRM www.foxitsoftware.com Vendor Advisory
pdf-insecurity.org – signature MISC pdf-insecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Recently identified PDF digital signature vulnerabilities | PDF Association MISC www.pdfa.org Third Party Advisory
PDF Insecurity Website MISC pdf-insecurity.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376809 Foxit PhantomPDF Prior to 8.3.9 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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