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CVE-2018-10493

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10493 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability affecting Foxit Reader 9.0.1.1049 and PhantomPDF, stemming from improper validation of user-supplied data during U3D parsing. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction, such as opening a malicious file, to trigger a read past the end of an allocated object. While it can lead to information disclosure, it could also be chained with other vulnerabilities for code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0.1.1049CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 9.0.1.1049CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0250 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

foxitsoftware.com / support/security-bulletins.php
PatchVendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-18-403
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry