Vulnerability · Published Feb 13, 2020 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2020-8853

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write 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 8.2% (higher than 95% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)8.2%top 5.1% 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 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Foxit	PhantomPDF	9.7.0.29478

Weakness: CWE-787 · 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-20-209/ x_refsource_MISC