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CVE-2023-27342

Published: May 3, 2024

Modified: Aug 2, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

7.8

HIGH

Description

PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Untrusted Pointer Dereference 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. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of EMF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18766.

VendorProductVersions

PDF-XChange

PDF-XChange Editor

affected
9.4.363.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-822

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

ZDI-23-354
x_research-advisory
vendor-provided URL
vendor-advisory

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