CVE-2021-45978 (GCVE-0-2021-45978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-04 14:30 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:54
VLAI
Summary
Foxit PDF Reader and PDF Editor before 11.1 on macOS allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via xfa.host.gotoURL in the XFA API.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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