User Mode Write Vulnerability in IrfanView PDF Plugin by Irfan Skiljan
CVE-2017-15253

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Irfanview
Status
Irfanview
PDF
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 October 2017

What is CVE-2017-15253?

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit), when used with PDF plugin version 4.43, is susceptible to a user mode write vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this flaw by crafting a malicious PDF file, which may lead to arbitrary code execution on the affected system or cause a denial of service. This issue stems from improper handling of global state in the PDF processing component, specifically at the function PDF!xmlGetGlobalState.

References

https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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