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-2018-16292, 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
Link Resource
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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cve-icon 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-2018-16293

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-10-08T16:29:00.680

Modified: 2018-11-21T17:35:55.787


Link: CVE-2018-16293

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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