CVE-2022-37380: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.2.1.53537. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability i...

Summary

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.2.1.53537. 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...

What to do

Update foxit pdf_reader to version 12.0.1 or later.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
foxit	pdf_editor	< 10.1.9 >= 11.0.0, < 11.2.3 12.0.0.12394 `cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::`
foxit	pdf_reader	< 12.0.1 `cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader::::::::`

Original advisory text

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.2.1.53537. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability i...

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.2.1.53537. 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 ADBC objects. By performing actions in JavaScript, an attacker can trigger a read past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17169.

References

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1052/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry