CVE-2018-18689

  • Last update: Apr 13, 2023

Description

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 use /ByteRange and xref manipulations that are not detected by the signature-validation logic. This affects Foxit Reader before 9.4 and PhantomPDF before 8.3.9 and 9.x before 9.4. It also affects eXpert PDF 12 Ultimate, Expert PDF Reader, Nitro Pro, Nitro Reader, PDF Architect 6, PDF Editor 6 Pro, PDF Experte 9 Ultimate, PDFelement6 Pro, PDF Studio Viewer 2018, PDF Studio Pro, PDF-XChange Editor and Viewer, Perfect PDF 10 Premium, Perfect PDF Reader, Soda PDF, and Soda PDF Desktop.

Software From Fixed in
foxitsoftware / foxit_reader 9.1.0 9.1.0.x
foxitsoftware / foxit_reader 9.2.0 9.2.0.x
foxitsoftware / foxit_reader 9.2.0.9297 9.2.0.9297.x
foxitsoftware / foxit_reader 9.3.0.10826 9.3.0.10826.x
tracker-software / pdf-xchange_viewer 2.5 2.5.x
gonitro / nitro_pro 11.0.3.173 11.0.3.173.x
iskysoft / pdf_editor_6 6.4.2.3521 6.4.2.3521.x
iskysoft / pdf_editor_6 6.6.2.3315 6.6.2.3315.x
iskysoft / pdf_editor_6 6.7.6.3399 6.7.6.3399.x
iskysoft / pdfelement6 6.7.1.3355 6.7.1.3355.x
iskysoft / pdfelement6 6.7.6.3399 6.7.6.3399.x
iskysoft / pdfelement6 6.8.0.3523 6.8.0.3523.x
iskysoft / pdfelement6 6.8.4.3921 6.8.4.3921.x
gonitro / nitro_reader 5.5.9.2 5.5.9.2.x
qoppa / pdf_studio 12.0.7 12.0.7.x
qoppa / pdf_studio_viewer_2018 2018.0.1 2018.0.1.x
qoppa / pdf_studio_viewer_2018 2018.2.0 2018.2.0.x
soft-xpansion / perfect_pdf_10 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.1.x
soft-xpansion / perfect_pdf_reader 13.0.3 13.0.3.x
soft-xpansion / perfect_pdf_reader 13.1.5 13.1.5.x
avanquest / expert_pdf_ultimate 12.0.20 12.0.20.x
avanquest / pdf_experte_ultimate 9.0.270 9.0.270.x
pdfforge / pdf_architect 6.0.37 6.0.37.x
pdfforge / pdf_architect 6.1.24.1862 6.1.24.1862.x
sodapdf / soda_pdf 9.3.17 9.3.17.x
sodapdf / soda_pdf_desktop 10.2.09 10.2.09.x
sodapdf / soda_pdf_desktop 10.2.16.1217 10.2.16.1217.x
visagesoft / expert_pdf_reader 9.0.180 9.0.180.x
pdf-xchange / pdf-xchange_editor 7.0.237.1 7.0.237.1.x
pdf-xchange / pdf-xchange_editor 7.0.326 7.0.326.x

Details

    • Severity: Medium
  • CVE: CVE-2018-18689
  • Published: Jan 7, 2021
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.3
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs