CVE-2021-38098

Corel PDF Fusion 2.6.2.0 is affected by a Heap Corruption vulnerability when parsing a crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious PDF file.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-21-027	Third Party Advisory
https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/fortinet-security-researcher-discovers-multiple-vulnerabilities-across-multiple-corel-products	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:corel:pdf_fusion:2.6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Oct 2021, 14:54

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:corel:pdf_fusion:2.6.2.0:::::::*
CWE		CWE-787
References	~~(MISC) https://www.fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-21-027 -~~	(MISC) https://www.fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-21-027 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/fortinet-security-researcher-discovers-multiple-vulnerabilities-across-multiple-corel-products -~~	(MISC) https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/fortinet-security-researcher-discovers-multiple-vulnerabilities-across-multiple-corel-products - Third Party Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 6.8 v3 : 7.8

01 Oct 2021, 23:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-10-01 23:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09

NVD link : CVE-2021-38098

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38098

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-38098

JSON object : View

Products Affected

corel

pdf_fusion

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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