This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 8.3.1.21155. 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 arrowEnd attribute of Annotation objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-4979.
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EUVD-2017-2595 | This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 8.3.1.21155. 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 arrowEnd attribute of Annotation objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-4979. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T17:50:12.838Z
Reserved: 2017-07-05T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-10957
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-12-20T14:29:00.490
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-10957
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