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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Foxit Reader up to 8.0 (Document Reader Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the component BMP Image Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on 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 BMP image embedded in the XFA stream in a PDF document, aka "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value starting at FOXITREADER."

The weakness was shared 10/31/2016 by Steven Seeley (kdot) with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared for download at foxitsoftware.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-8878 since 10/21/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 8.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

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: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

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-2016-8878 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 93608 - Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2016 16:16
Updated: 05/21/2019 09:37
Changes: 10/31/2016 16:16 (56), 05/21/2019 09:37 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 3:DCD:103

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