CVE-2016-4063 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF versions prior to 7.3.4 on Windows. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious PDF document containing an object with a revision number of -1. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.3.0.118CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
<= 7.3.0.118CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.