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A vulnerability was found in Foxit Reader up to 8.0 on Windows (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component TIFF Image Handler. The manipulation as part of a PDF Document leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Out-of-Bounds read vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 8.1 on Windows, when the gflags app is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image embedded in the XFA stream in a PDF document, aka "Read Access Violation starting at FoxitReader."

The weakness was disclosed 10/31/2016 by Steven Seeley (kdot) with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is available at foxitsoftware.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-8876 since 10/21/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 8.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries 82783, 82784, 82785 and 82786 are pretty similar.

Affected

• Foxit Reader up to 8.0
• PhantomPDF up to 8.0

Productinfo

Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Foxit

Name

• Reader

Version

• 8.0

License

• free

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

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OpenVAS ID: 835001
OpenVAS Name: Foxit PhantomPDF Multiple Vulnerabilities Nov16
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Reader 8.1

Timelineinfo

10/18/2016 🔍
10/21/2016 +3 days 🔍
10/31/2016 +10 days 🔍
10/31/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/31/2016 +0 days 🔍
05/21/2019 +932 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: foxitsoftware.com

Advisory: foxitsoftware.com
Researcher: Steven Seeley (kdot)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-8876 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 93608 - Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2016 16:16
Updated: 05/21/2019 09:31
Changes: 10/31/2016 16:16 (58), 05/21/2019 09:31 (16)
Complete: 🔍

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