CVE-2021-38096

Pdf Fusion vulnerability

CVSS

7.8

EPSS

3.0%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

Coreip.dll in Corel PDF Fusion 2.6.2.0 is affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability when parsing a crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious PDF file.

Affected vendor

Corel

Affected product

Pdf Fusion

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Published

2021-10-01

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 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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