CVE-2021-38572

critical

Description

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

References

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-08-11

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00023

Detections

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