CVE-2018-3940 Information

Description

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software’s PDF Reader version 9.1.0.5096. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger a previously freed object in memory to be reused. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041769 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0607 https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8