QID 375770

Date Published: 2021-08-05

QID 375770: Foxit Reader and Foxit PhantomPDF Multiple Vulnerabilities

Foxit Reader is a multilingual freemium PDF tool that can create, view, edit, digitally sign, and print PDF files.
Foxit PhantomPDF Suite is a business ready PDF toolkit, used to create professional PDF documents.

Affected versions:
Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893 and earlier
Foxit PDF Editor 11.0.0.49893 and earlier
QID detection logic:(Authenticated)
This QID checks Windows Registry to get Foxit Reader and Foxit PhantomPDF installation path and then reads corresponding executable((FoxitReader.exe/FoxitPhantomPDF.exe)) to see if it's running a vulnerable version.

Successful exploitation could expose the application to Out-of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution vulnerability and crash.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
  • Solution
    The vendor has issued a fix. For more information please visit advisory

    CVEs related to QID 375770

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    Foxit URL Logo www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html
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