CVE-2018-21241
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 4, 2020 at 04:29 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:54 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPhantomPDF
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
An issue was discovered in Foxit PhantomPDF before 8.3.6. It has an untrusted search path that allows a DLL to execute remote code.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 8.3.6
Affected range stops below 8.3.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.phpCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426
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