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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2024-27342

Change History

New CVE Received by NIST 4/03/2024 1:15:54 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3

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

								
							
							
						
Zero Day Initiative CWE-787
Added Description

								
							
							
						
Kofax Power PDF PDF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kofax Power PDF. 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 parsing of PDF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write  past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-22928.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
Zero Day Initiative https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-222/ [No types assigned]