CVE-2017-10943

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 8.3.0.14878. 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 parsing of PDF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-4738.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-10943
  • Assigner
  • zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-10-31T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:21:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:8.3.0.14878:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-456 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10943
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10943
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:12:42 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 22:41:52 2017-10-31T19:29Z 2017-10-31T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 22:41:52 2019-10-09T23:21:49 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 22:41:52 Modified Vulnerability Status updated