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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2019-01-24T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:54:10.620Z

Reserved: 2018-09-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-17679

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-24T04:29:03.313

Modified: 2019-10-09T23:36:52.973

Link: CVE-2018-17679

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