CVE-2018-19444

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A use after free in the TextBox field Validate action in IReader_ContentProvider can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031. An attacker can leverage this to gain remote code execution. Relative to CVE-2018-19452, this has a different free location and requires different JavaScript code for exploitation.

Puede ocurrir un uso de memoria previamente liberada en la acción Validate en el campo TextBox en la función IReader_ContentProvider para archivos PDF especialmente creados en Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional versión 5.4.0.1031. Un atacante puede explotar esto para obtener ejecución de código remota. En relación con CVE-2018-19452, esta tiene una asignación libre distinta y requiere un código JavaScript diferente para su explotación.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-11-22 CVE Reserved
2019-06-17 CVE Published
2023-12-14 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php	2019-06-18

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Foxitsoftware Search vendor "Foxitsoftware"	Foxit Pdf Sdk Activex Search vendor "Foxitsoftware" for product "Foxit Pdf Sdk Activex"	<= 5.5.0 Search vendor "Foxitsoftware" for product "Foxit Pdf Sdk Activex" and version " <= 5.5.0"	professional	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe