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Foxit PhantomPDF < 9.7.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 133525

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Synopsis

A PDF toolkit installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

According to its version, the Foxit PhantomPDF application (formally known as Phantom) installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 9.7.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - A use-after-free error exists related to handling watermarks, AcroForm objects, text fields, or JavaScript field objects that allows arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2019-5126, CVE-2019-5130, CVE-2019-5131, CVE-2019-5145, ZDI-CAN-9358, ZDI-CAN-9640, ZDI-CAN-9400, ZDI-CAN-9862)

 - An integer overflow or out-of-bounds read/write error exists related to handling JPEG/JPG2000 images or JP2 streams that allows memory contents disclosure.
 (ZDI-CAN-9102, ZDI-CAN-9606, ZDI-CAN-9407, ZDI-CAN-9413, ZDI-CAN-9414, ZDI-CAN-9415, ZDI-CAN-9406, ZDI-CAN-9416)

 - An out-of-bounds write error and a use-after-free error exist related to handling HTML to PDF conversion that allows arbitrary code execution. (ZDI-CAN-9591, ZDI-CAN-9560)

 - A use-after-free error exists related to handling documents that are missing dictionaries that allows unspecified impact.

 - A stack overflow error exists related to handling indirect object references that allows application crashes and other unspecified impact.

Solution

Upgrade to Foxit PhantomPDF version 9.7.1 or later

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a27a3e57

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133525

File Name: foxit_phantom_9_7_1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/6/2020

Updated: 10/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5145

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:phantom, cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf

Required KB Items: installed_sw/FoxitPhantomPDF

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5126, CVE-2019-5130, CVE-2019-5131, CVE-2019-5145