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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2023-40471

PDF-XChange Editor App Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
zdi

Description

PDF-XChange Editor App 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 App objects. 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-20729.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

PDF-XChange PDF-XChange Editor

Default version status: unknown

  • 9.5.367.0affected

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