Vulnerability · Published Apr 22, 2020 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2020-10890

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site request forgery in PhantomPDF from Foxit. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.2% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)2.2%top 17.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 communication API. The issue lies in the handling of the ConvertToPDF command, which allows an arbitrary file write with attacker controlled data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-9829.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Foxit	PhantomPDF	9.7.0.29478

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php x_refsource_MISC
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-512/ x_refsource_MISC