Medium severity · published Jan 26, 2023
CVE-2022-42404
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. 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 parsing of EMF files. Crafted data in an EMF file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18273.
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)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PE
Pdf-xchange Editor · Pdf-xchange
before 9.5.366.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42404
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42404
Vendor Advisory
https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1330/
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