This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.7.0.29478. 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 conversion of HTML files to PDF. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-9591.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2020-02-13T22:20:42

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:12:10.955Z

Reserved: 2020-02-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-8853

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-02-14T18:15:10.963

Modified: 2020-02-18T13:55:29.890

Link: CVE-2020-8853

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