CVE-2016-8876 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF versions prior to 8.1 on Windows, specifically when the gflags application is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by embedding a specially crafted TIFF image within the XFA stream of a PDF document. With a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and high attack complexity (AC:H), but could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
<= 8.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:reader:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.