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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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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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2019-01-24T04:29:03.313
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:54:51.510
Link: CVE-2018-17679
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