Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU50257

Spoofing attack in Foxit PDF Editor for Mac (formerly PhantomPDF) and Foxit PDF Reader for Mac - #VU50257

Published: February 2, 2021

Vulnerability identifier: #VU50257

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-451

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

Foxit PDF Editor for Mac (formerly PhantomPDF)
Foxit PDF Reader for Mac

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Foxit PDF Editor for Mac (formerly PhantomPDF) - update to 4.1.3.0129
Foxit PDF Reader for Mac - update to 4.1.3.0129

External References

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html

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