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CVE-2023-40472

PDF-XChange Editor JavaScript String Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

PDF-XChange Editor JavaScript String 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 strings. 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-20730.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
PDF-XChange / PDF-XChange Editoraffected 9.5.367.0

CWE

CWE-822

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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CVE

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