Vulnerability · Published Jun 15, 2021 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2021-31479

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Brava! Desktop from OpenText. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.1% 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 OpenText Brava! Desktop 16.6.3.84. 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 parsing of PDF files. The issue results from the lack of proper initialization of a pointer prior to accessing it. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-12634.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenText	Brava! Desktop	16.6.3.84

Weakness: CWE-824 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-619/ x_refsource_MISC