CVE-2018-3960 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript engine of Foxit PDF Reader (version 9.1.0.5096) and PhantomPDF, affecting Windows platforms. This flaw, triggered by accessing the Producer property of the this.info object, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious PDF or visiting a malicious website if the browser plugin is enabled. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it presents a high risk of confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. While no public exploits or Metasploit modules are available, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness, though it is not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.