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Foxit PhantomPDF < 8.3.8, 9.x < 9.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jun 2019) - Windows

🗓️ 28 Jun 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType 
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Foxit PhantomPDF < 8.3.8, 9.x < 9.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jun 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:phantompdf";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.815228");
  script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-17687", "CVE-2018-17688", "CVE-2018-17689", "CVE-2018-17690",
                "CVE-2018-17691", "CVE-2018-17692", "CVE-2018-17693", "CVE-2018-17694",
                "CVE-2018-17695", "CVE-2018-17698", "CVE-2018-17700", "CVE-2018-17701",
                "CVE-2018-17706");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-09 23:36:00 +0000 (Wed, 09 Oct 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-06-28 15:20:18 +0530 (Fri, 28 Jun 2019)");
  script_name("Foxit PhantomPDF < 8.3.8, 9.x < 9.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jun 2019) - Windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Foxit PhantomPDF 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:

  - An issue in handling of the setItems method of a ComboBox resulting in lack of
    validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object.

  - An issue in handling of the fillColor property of a radio button resulting from
    lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the
    object.

  - An issue in handling of Array.prototype.concat resulting from lack of proper
    validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of
    an allocated object.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows remote attackers
  to execute arbitrary code.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Foxit PhantomPDF versions before 8.3.7.38094 and 9.x to 9.2.0.9297 on Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 8.3.8, 9.3 or later.");

  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_phantom_reader_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("foxit/phantompdf/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_equal(version:pdfVer, test_version:"8.3.7.38093")){
  vulnerable_range = "prior to 8.3.8";
}

else if(version_in_range(version:pdfVer, test_version:"9.0", test_version2:"9.2.0.9297")){
  vulnerable_range = "prior to 9.3";
}

if(vulnerable_range)
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:pdfVer, fixed_version:vulnerable_range, install_path:pdfPath);
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}
exit(99);

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