CVE-2019-6762 is a critical vulnerability affecting Foxit PhantomPDF 9.4.1.16828, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The flaw lies in the HTML to PDF conversion process, specifically due to a lack of object validation, which can be triggered when a user opens a malicious file or visits a malicious page. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H, I:H, A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.4.1.16828CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 8.3.9.41099CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0.0, <= 9.4.1.16828CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.