CVE-2024-8818

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

22/11/2024

Last modified:

04/12/2024

Description

PDF-XChange Editor U3D File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange 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 U3D files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-24213.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/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:3.1/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:pdf-xchange:pdf-tools:10.3.0.386:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-xchange_editor:10.3.0.386:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1241/