CVE-2021-38573

Critical

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows writing to arbitrary files because a CombineFiles pathname is not validated.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductFoxitsoftware Foxit Reader
PublishedAug 11, 2021
First seenAug 11, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • foxitsoftware foxit_reader10.1.4 or later
  • foxitsoftware phantompdf10.1.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
foxitsoftware foxit_readerv < 10.1.410.1.4
foxitsoftware phantompdfv < 10.1.410.1.4

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