Is CVE-2018-7406 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-7406 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-7406?

CVE-2018-7406 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-7406?

CVE-2018-7406 has an EPSS score of 4.01% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2018-7406?

No published fix for CVE-2018-7406 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-7406

HIGHEPSS 89th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 9.1 and PhantomPDF before 9.1. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. 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 u3d images inside of a pdf. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an array indexing issue. An attacker can leverage this to execute code in the context of the current process.

CWE-129

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.01%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

foxitsoftware.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.