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CVE-2021-38573:
Foxit PDF Reader vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. The vulnerability (CVE-2021-38573) allows writing to arbitrary files because a CombineFiles pathname is not validated (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 9.8 CRITICAL with vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Under CVSS v2.0, it received a Base Score of 7.5 HIGH with vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to write to arbitrary files on the system due to improper validation of CombineFiles pathname, potentially leading to system compromise through unauthorized file manipulation (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF version 10.1.4 or later to address this vulnerability (Vendor Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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