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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2024-27323

Change History

New CVE Received by NIST 4/01/2024 6:15:15 PM

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Zero Day Initiative AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

								
								
					

					

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Zero Day Initiative CWE-295

								
								
					

					

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						Description
						
							
							
								
							
								

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
PDF-XChange Editor Updater Improper Certificate Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the update functionality. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the certificate presented by the server. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-22224.

								
								
					

					

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						Reference
						
							
							
								
							
								

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
Zero Day Initiative https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-198/ [No types assigned]