CVE-2025-6661 (GCVE-0-2025-6661)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-25 21:39
Modified
2025-06-26 14:15
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
PDF-XChange Editor App Object Use-After-Free 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 App objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-26823.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor Version: 10.5.2.395
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