Vulnerability identifier: #VU30825

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14934

CWE-ID: CWE-787

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
PDFResurrect
Client/Desktop applications / Other client software

Vendor: Matt Davis

Description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered in PDFResurrect before 0.18. pdf_load_pages_kids in pdf.c doesn't validate a certain size value, which leads to a malloc failure and out-of-bounds write.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

PDFResurrect: 0.12 - 0.17

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External links
http://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/commit/0c4120fffa3dffe97b95c486a120eded82afe8a6
http://github.com/enferex/pdfresurrect/compare/v0.17...v0.18
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DBYXYU2VSDJ3NAL54IW2KYD3TZSR33M/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXN6W5QTNQJ2LFDCQWKYSMMZ3NPUWP3U/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y243C2IFMRFQWHV62JCSHTMQGDDCICNF/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.