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

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

Published: February 2, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50257
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Foxit PDF Reader for Mac
Foxit PDF Editor for Mac (formerly PhantomPDF)
Software vendor:
Foxit Software Inc.

Description

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 updates from vendor's website.

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