Vulnerability · Published Oct 13, 2020 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2020-17413

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity stack buffer overflow 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 3.4% (higher than 89% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)3.4%top 11.2% 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 10.0.0.35798. 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 handling of U3D objects embedded in PDF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-11226.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Foxit	PhantomPDF	10.0.0.35798

Weakness: CWE-121 · 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-20-1235/ x_refsource_MISC