Vulnerability in Apple Macos
CVE-2018-18689
The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification does not provide any information regarding the concrete procedure of how to validate signatures. Consequently, a Signature Wrapping vulnerability exists in multiple products. An attacker can…
EPSS: 0.037 (88.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Apple Macos
- Avanquest Expert_pdf_ultimate — versions 12.0.20
- Avanquest Pdf_experte_ultimate — versions 9.0.270
- Foxitsoftware Foxit_reader — versions 9.1.0, 9.2.0.9297, 9.3.0.10826
- Gonitro Nitro_pro — versions 11.0.3.173
- Gonitro Nitro_reader — versions 5.5.9.2
- Iskysoft Pdf_editor_6 — versions 6.4.2.3521, 6.6.2.3315, 6.7.6.3399
- Iskysoft Pdfelement6 — versions 6.8.0.3523, 6.8.4.3921, 6.7.1.3355
- Linux Linux_kernel
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-18689?
- CVE-2018-18689 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-01-07.
- How severe is CVE-2018-18689?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-18689 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.