CVE-2018-9962

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foxit Reader version 9.0.1.1049

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations. User interaction is required, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The flaw exists within the parsing of Annotation's author attribute due to the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on it. An attacker can leverage this to execute code under the context of the current process.

Recommendations For Foxit Reader version 9.0.1.1049, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as no specific workaround is provided for this version. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.