CVE-2018-19418 — Foxit PDF ActiveX before 5

Foxit PDF ActiveX before 5.5.1 allows remote code execution via command injection because of the lack of a security permission control.

01What is this vulnerability?

Foxit PDF ActiveX before 5.5.1 allows remote code execution via command injection because of the lack of a security permission control.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2021-01-07T16:49:35.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T11:37:11.112Z

09References

• vimeo.com — https://vimeo.com/302125302
• www.foxitsoftware.com — https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html