CVE-2021-38573

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows writing to arbitrary files because a CombineFiles pathname is not validated.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf::::::::

History

12 Aug 2021, 20:58

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(MISC) https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php -~~	(MISC) https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 7.5 v3 : 9.8
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader::::::::
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo

11 Aug 2021, 22:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-08-11 22:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55

NVD link : CVE-2021-38573

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38573

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-38573

JSON object : View

Products Affected

foxitsoftware

foxit_reader
phantompdf

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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