CVE-2021-38572
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
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0002
6.7th percentile
Risk Priority
20
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2021-38572 is a critical-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked at the 6.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-25014
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows writing to arbitrary files because the extractPages pathname is not validated.
- CWE(s)
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.