CVE-2023-27364

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-749 Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

Publication date:

03/05/2024

Last modified:

11/08/2025

Description

Foxit PDF Editor XLS File Parsing Exposed Dangerous Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.<br /> <br /> The specific flaw exists within the parsing of XLS files. The issue results from the lack of proper restrictions on macro-enabled documents. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.<br /> . Was ZDI-CAN-19738.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::		10.1.11.37866 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::	11.0.0.49893 (including)	11.2.5.53785 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::	12.0.0.12394 (including)	12.1.1.15289 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader::::::::		12.1.1.15289 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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CVE-2023-27364

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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