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CVE-2018-25217

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-25217 is a high-severity Structured Exception Handler (SEH) overflow vulnerability impacting PDF Explorer version 1.5.66.2. This flaw allows local attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by providing malicious input in the "Label" field of the Custom fields settings dialog, overwriting SEH records. With a CVSS score of 8.4 (HIGH), it poses a significant risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low attack complexity and no user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code availability, or significant community attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.66.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rttsoftware:pdf_explorer:1.5.66.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

8.6HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 16th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

exploit-db.com / exploits/46016
ExploitVDB Entry
rttsoftware.com / files/PDFExplorerTrialSetup.zip
Product
vulncheck.com / advisories/pdf-explorer-structured-exception-handler-local-code-execution
Third Party Advisory
rttsoftware.com
Product