Security Advisory

CVE-2017-16572

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2017-12-20 14:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 20:27:04
Assigner zdi
State PUBLISHED

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 8.3.1.21155. 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 FormCalcs closeDoc method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5073.