Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-27364

High

Published: 03 May 2024

Published
03 May 2024
Modified
11 August 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0171 82.7th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-27364 is a high-severity Exposed Dangerous Method or Function (CWE-749) vulnerability in Foxit Pdf Editor. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 17.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Foxit PDF Editor XLS File Parsing Exposed Dangerous Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the…

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target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of XLS files. The issue results from the lack of proper restrictions on macro-enabled documents. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. . Was ZDI-CAN-19738.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

foxit
pdf editor
≤ 10.1.11.37866 · 11.0.0.49893 — 11.2.5.53785 · 12.0.0.12394 — 12.1.1.15289
foxit
pdf reader
≤ 12.1.1.15289

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-749

Explicitly prohibiting dangerous or unnecessary functions and services prevents exposure of methods that could be directly exploited.

addresses: CWE-749

Minimal functionality removes or avoids exposure of dangerous methods and functions.

References