What is CVE-2018-21244?

CVE-2018-21244 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-21244?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf

CVE-2018-21244

An issue was discovered in Foxit PhantomPDF before 8.3.6. It allows arbitrary application execution via an embedded executable file in a PDF portfolio, aka FG-VD-18-029.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.018 (76.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Phantompdf
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21244?: CVE-2018-21244 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-21244?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.