Critical severity · published Aug 11, 2021
CVE-2021-38572
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4
9.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows writing to arbitrary files because the extractPages pathname is not validated.
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)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Foxit Reader · Foxitsoftware
before 10.1.4 · source: NVD
PH
Phantompdf · Foxitsoftware
before 10.1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38572
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38572
Vendor Advisory
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
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