Medium severity · published Oct 4, 2019
CVE-2019-13318
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit Reader 9.5.0.20723
5.5
CVSS
5.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit Reader 9.5.0.20723. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the processing of the util.printf Javascript method. The application processes the %p parameter in the format string, allowing heap addresses to be returned to the script. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-8544.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.8% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
Phantompdf · Foxitsoftware
through 8.3.10.42705; 9.0 through 9.5.0.20723 · source: NVD
RE
Reader · Foxitsoftware
through 9.5.0.20723 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13318
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13318
Release Notes
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-635/
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