CVE-2018-18688 is an Incremental Saving vulnerability in PDF products, including Foxit Reader, PhantomPDF, LibreOffice, and others, where the PDF specification's lack of signature validation guidance allows attackers to add content without triggering signature re-validation. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure (C:L) by displaying unverified body updates. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:code-industry:master_pdf_editor:5.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.68CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:code-industry:master_pdf_editor:5.1.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0, < 9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:8.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.