CVE-2023-40472 (GCVE-0-2023-40472)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-03 02:11
Modified
2024-08-02 18:31
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Summary
PDF-XChange Editor JavaScript String Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of strings. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-20730.
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Vendor Product Version
PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor Version: 9.5.367.0
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