Foxit PhantomPDF < 8.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 102858

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 8.3.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- A flaw exists in the app.launchURL() method allowing a context-dependent attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-10951)

- A flaw in the saveAs() JavaScript function that allows a context-dependent attacker to write to arbitrary files and potentially execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-10952)

- A flaw that is triggered during the handling of the createDataObject() function calls that may allow an attacker to create arbitrary executable files on the local system.

- A flaw exists that is triggered during the handling of xfa.host.gotoURL() function calls that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

Solution

Upgrade to Foxit PhantomPDF version 8.3.2 or later.

See Also

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

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-691/

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-692/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 102858

File Name: foxit_phantom_8_3_2.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/31/2017

Updated: 4/27/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-10951

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/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: 8/26/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10951, CVE-2017-10952

BID: 100409, 100412