THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-4064
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-4064

Foxit Reader vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.2%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Use-after-free vulnerability in the XFA forms handling functionality in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted remerge call.
Affected vendor
Foxitsoftware
Affected product
Foxit Reader
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
Published
2016-04-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-4064

  • Confirm whether Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-4064.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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