Foxit Reader/PhantomPDF up to 4.0 on macOS Protection Mechanism code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF up to 4.0 on macOS. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Protection Mechanism. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-26540. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF up to 4.0 on macOS (Document Reader Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Protection Mechanism. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 4.1 on macOS. Because the Hardened Runtime protection mechanism is not applied to code signing, code injection (or an information leak) can occur.

The weakness was presented 10/02/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-26540 since 10/02/2020. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-162217, VDB-162216, VDB-162215 and VDB-162214 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Reader/PhantomPDF 4.1

Timelineinfo

10/02/2020 🔍
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11/15/2020 +44 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: foxitsoftware.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-26540 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-26540
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-162218
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/02/2020 14:15
Updated: 11/15/2020 18:12
Changes: 10/02/2020 14:15 (38), 10/02/2020 14:20 (4), 11/14/2020 09:38 (5), 11/15/2020 18:12 (14)
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