Foxit Reader Annotations noteIcon Use After Free

Strike ID:
E18-5kww1
CVSS:
8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
False Positive:
f
Variants:
2
Year:
2018

Description

This strike exploits a use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript engine of Foxit PDF Reader. This vulnerability is triggered when accessing an annotation's noteIcon property while the annotation object is being destroyed. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file, resulting in possible execution of arbitrary code.

CVE

Metasploit

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