Security Advisory

CVE-2023-42037

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2024-05-03 02:12:24
Last updated 2024-09-18 18:30:01
Assigner zdi
State PUBLISHED

Description

Kofax Power PDF PDF File Parsing Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kofax Power PDF. 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 PDF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-21583.