Vulnerability CVE-2008-1942
Published: 2008-04-25   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Foxit Reader 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with (1) a malformed ExtGState resource containing a /Font resource, or (2) an XObject resource with a Rotate setting, which triggers memory corruption. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2186.

Type:

CWE-DesignError

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Foxit software -> Reader 

 References:
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1327/references
http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader2.htm
http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader1.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28890
http://secunia.com/advisories/29934
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41973
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41972
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