CVE-2018-9958
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.1049. User…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 61.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.1049. 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 Text Annotations. When setting the point attribute, the process does not properly validate the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5620.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules1 module
- Foxit PDF Reader Pointer Overwrite UAF (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/foxit_reader_uafRank normaldisclosed 20 Apr 2018
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Foxit Reader 9.0.1.1049 - Arbitrary Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 49116local, windowspublished 27 Nov 2020Not verified
- Foxit PDF Reader 9.0.1.1049 - Pointer Overwrite Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 45269local, windowspublished 27 Aug 2018Verified
- Foxit Reader 9.0.1.1049 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44941remote, windowspublished 25 Jun 2018Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 44941 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 45269 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By zdi
- 37 days later
· 37 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 61.7% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
- affected 9.0.1.1049
References
5
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-342 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44941 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 45269 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160240/Foxit-Reader-9.0.1.1049-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-21550 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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