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CVE-2018-18689

The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification does not provide any information regarding the concrete procedure of how to validate signatures.

Impact

The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification does not provide any information regarding the concrete procedure of how to validate signatures. Consequently, a Signature Wrapping vulnerability exists in multiple products. An attacker can use /ByteRange and xref manipulations that are not detected by the signature-validation logic. This affects Foxit Reader before 9.4 and PhantomPDF before 8.3.9 and 9.x before 9.4. It also affects eXpert PDF 12 Ultimate, Expert PDF Reader, Nitro Pro, Nitro Reader, PDF Architect 6, PDF Editor 6 Pro, PDF Experte 9 Ultimate, PDFelement6 Pro, PDF Studio Viewer 2018, PDF Studio Pro, PDF-XChange Editor and Viewer, Perfect PDF 10 Premium, Perfect PDF Reader, Soda PDF, and Soda PDF Desktop.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
AvanquestExpert Pdf Ultimate
Version 12.0.20
AvanquestPdf Experte Ultimate
Version 9.0.270
FoxitsoftwareFoxit Reader
Versions 9.1.0, 9.2.0.9297, 9.3.0.10826, 9.2.0
GonitroNitro Pro
Version 11.0.3.173
GonitroNitro Reader
Version 5.5.9.2
IskysoftPdf Editor 6
Versions 6.4.2.3521, 6.6.2.3315, 6.7.6.3399
IskysoftPdfelement6
Versions 6.8.0.3523, 6.8.4.3921, 6.7.1.3355, 6.7.6.3399
Pdf-XchangePdf-Xchange Editor
Versions 7.0.237.1, 7.0.326
PdfforgePdf Architect
Versions 6.0.37, 6.1.24.1862
QoppaPdf Studio
Version 12.0.7
QoppaPdf Studio Viewer 2018
Versions 2018.0.1, 2018.2.0
SodapdfSoda Pdf
Version 9.3.17

Weakness classification

CWE-347

References