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Foxit Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jan 2019) - Windows

🗓️ 04 Jan 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType 
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Foxit Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jan 2019) - Window

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# 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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