SB2021020221 - Spoofing attack in Foxit PhantomPDF and Foxit Reader for Mac
Published: February 2, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021020221
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. The application fails to identify the objects in the incremental update when the Subtype entry of the Annotation dictionary is set as null. A remote attacker can forge a PDF file that will appear as legit one and perform a spoofing attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.