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CVE-2018-17655

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17655 is a critical vulnerability affecting Foxit Reader 9.2.0.9297 and PhantomPDF, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The flaw stems from improper validation of object existence within the moveInstance method of a Form object. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), exploitation requires user interaction, such as opening a malicious file or visiting a malicious page, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.2.0.9297CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 9.2.0.9297CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0392 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

foxitsoftware.com / support/security-bulletins.php
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-18-1211
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry