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CERT-In Vulnerability Note CIVN-2020-0449
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Foxit Reader and Phantom PDF

Original Issue Date:December 24, 2020

Severity Rating: HIGH

Software Affected

  • Foxit Reader versions 10.1.0.37527 and earlier
  • Foxit Phantom PDF versions 10.1.0.37527 and earlier

Overview

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Foxit Reader and Phantom PDF which could allow a remote attacker to cause Out-of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution, Type Confusion Memory Corruption, denial of service condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Description

These vulnerabilities exist due to insufficient validation of objects, incorrect processing of PDF files, lack of proper validation when an incorrect argument is passed to the app.media.openPlayer function, access or use of a deleted pointer and array overflow issue. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending specially crafted malicious file on the target system.

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow the attacker to cause Out-of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution, Type Confusion Memory Corruption, denial of service condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Solution

Upgrade to the Foxit Reader 10.1.1 and Foxit Phantom PDF 10.1.1
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html

Vendor Information

Foxit Software
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html

References

Foxit Software
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html

CyberSecurityHelp
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020120906

CVE Name
CVE-2020-27860
CVE-2020-13547
CVE-2020-13548
CVE-2020-13557
CVE-2020-13560
CVE-2020-13570
CVE-2020-28203

Disclaimer

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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Government of India
Electronics Niketan
6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110 003
India

 
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