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CVE-2018-21244

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit PhantomPDF before 8.3.6. It allows arbitrary application execution via an embedded executable file in a PDF portfolio, aka FG-VD-18-029.

Affected products

• Foxit PhantomPDF: before 8.3.6 — fixed in 8.3.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Foxit PhantomPDF 8.3.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

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