CVE-2018-9948
50Vexday Risk Score
Patch soon. It has a working public exploit.
ssvc Attendepss 64%
from disclosure to weapon39 days
Published on NVDMay 17
1st PoC+39d
metasploitApr 20
exploitation probability
64%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
6 public exploit(s)
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. 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 handling of typed arrays. The issue results from the lack of proper initialization of a pointer prior to accessing it. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5380.
Affected products
Foxit · Foxit Readerpublic PoCs found — 6✓ VexDay Proof
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