Critical severity · published Jun 4, 2020
CVE-2018-21242
An issue was discovered in Foxit PhantomPDF before 8.3.6
9.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Foxit PhantomPDF before 8.3.6. It allows Remote Code Execution via a GoToE or GoToR action.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
Phantompdf · Foxitsoftware
before 8.3.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21242
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-21242
Vendor Advisory
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
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