Headline

CVE-2022-42384: ZDI-22-1375

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information 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 parsing of U3D files. Crafted data in a U3D file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18653.

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October 7th, 2022

PDF-XChange Editor U3D File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability****ZDI-22-1375
ZDI-CAN-18653

CVE ID

CVE-2022-42384

CVSS SCORE

3.3, (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

AFFECTED VENDORS

PDF-XChange

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

PDF-XChange Editor

VULNERABILITY DETAILS

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of U3D files. Crafted data in a U3D file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

PDF-XChange has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history

DISCLOSURE TIMELINE

2022-09-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2022-10-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory

CREDIT

Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

BACK TO ADVISORIES

SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to the Deserialization of Untrusted Data. This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with Orion admin-level account access to SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands.