CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Foo Labs Xpdf 4.00 (Document Reader Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function XRef::fetch
of the file XRef.cc. The manipulation as part of a PDF File leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
XRef::fetch in XRef.cc in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted pdf file, related to AcroForm::scanField, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.
The bug was discovered 08/22/2018. The weakness was disclosed 09/03/2018 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-16369 since 09/02/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 11 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The entry 123511 is pretty similar.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 5.5
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
08/22/2018 🔍09/02/2018 🔍
09/02/2018 🔍
09/03/2018 🔍
09/03/2018 🔍
06/17/2020 🔍
Sources
Advisory: github.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2018-16369 (🔍)
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 09/03/2018 14:04Updated: 06/17/2020 18:21
Changes: 09/03/2018 14:04 (60), 06/17/2020 18:21 (1)
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