CVE-2022-42384: 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 ...

Summary

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 parsin...

What to do

Update pdf-xchange pdf-xchange_editor to version 9.5.366.0 or later.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
pdf-xchange	pdf-xchange_editor	< 9.5.366.0 `cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-xchange_editor::::::::`

Original advisory text

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 ...

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 U3D files. Crafted data in a U3D 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-18653.

References

https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1375/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry