Security Advisory

CVE-2018-9955

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2018-05-17 15:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 07:24:56
Assigner zdi
State PUBLISHED

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.1049. 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 XFA resolveNode method of Button elements. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5531.