Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-38570

Critical

Published: 11 August 2021

Published
11 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0004 12.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-38570 is a critical-severity Link Following (CWE-59) vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 12.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows attackers to delete arbitrary files (during uninstallation) via a symlink.

CWE(s)
CWE-59

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

foxitsoftware
foxit reader
≤ 10.1.4
foxitsoftware
phantompdf
≤ 10.1.4

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References