Foxit Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jan 2019) - Windows
🗓️ 04 Jan 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-18688 | 25 Feb 201908:20 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2018-18689 | 25 Feb 201908:20 | – | circl | |
| Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF for Windows Validation Bypass Vulnerability | 4 Jan 201900:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF for Windows Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability | 4 Jan 201900:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability | 4 Jan 201900:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF null pointer dereference vulnerability (CNVD-2019-04698) | 4 Jan 201900:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-04699) | 4 Jan 201900:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF for Windows Validation Bypass Vulnerability | 7 Jan 201900:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF XFA xdpContent Information Disclosure (CVE-2018-3956) | 3 Oct 201900:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF XFA xdpContent Information Disclosure (CVE-2018-3956) | 3 Oct 201900:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| foxitsoftware | www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:reader";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.814581");
script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-18688", "CVE-2018-18689", "CVE-2018-3956",
"CVE-2019-5005", "CVE-2019-5006", "CVE-2019-5007");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-01-15 14:45:00 +0000 (Tue, 15 Jan 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-01-04 13:50:04 +0530 (Fri, 04 Jan 2019)");
script_name("Foxit Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jan 2019) - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Foxit Reader is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on
the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to:
- Error in handing image data, because two bytes are written to the end
of the allocated memory without judging whether this will cause
corruption
- A NULL pointer dereference during PDF parsing
- An Out-of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure and crash due to a
NULL pointer dereference when reading TIFF data during TIFF parsing
- An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability and crash
when handling XFA element attributes");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to cause a denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Foxit Reader versions 9.3.0.10826 and prior on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Foxit Reader 9.4 or later. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_foxit_reader_detect_portable_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("foxit/reader/ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE)) exit(0);
pdfVer = infos["version"];
pdfPath = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:pdfVer, test_version:"9.4"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:pdfVer, fixed_version:"9.4", install_path:pdfPath);
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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