CVE-2018-9942 is a critical vulnerability affecting Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935 and PhantomPDF, allowing remote code execution due to a type confusion flaw in the record remove method. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) requires user interaction, such as opening a malicious file or visiting a malicious page, but has low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, the potential impact includes full compromise of the affected system under the user's context.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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