An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Reader before 9.3 and PhantomPDF before 9.3, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-16291, CVE-2018-16293, CVE-2018-16294, CVE-2018-16295, CVE-2018-16296, and CVE-2018-16297. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger a previously freed object in memory to be reused, resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. If the browser plugin extension is enabled, visiting a malicious site can also trigger the vulnerability.
References
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041769 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php | Patch Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-10-08T16:00:00
Updated: 2018-10-08T15:57:01
Reserved: 2018-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-16292
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2018-10-08T16:29:00.507
Modified: 2018-11-21T17:36:17.087
Link: CVE-2018-16292
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE