Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability was found in Foxit PDF Reader. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component AcroForm. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-9256. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Foxit PDF Reader (version now known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component AcroForm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader. 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 handling of AcroForms. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25267.

The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-9256 since 09/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207793 (Foxit PDF Editor < 13.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207793). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Foxit

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• PDF Reader

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.foxitsoftware.com/

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