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01 Record

CVE-2018-18689

The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification does not provide any information regarding the concrete procedure of how to validate signatures. Consequently, a Signature Wrapping vulnerability

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification does not provide any information regarding the concrete procedure of how to validate signatures. Consequently, a Signature Wrapping vulnerability

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
3.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 89.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-01-07 17:59Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 11:16Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-10-26
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
45c36bc05004179cd1e2eeb492c05612f8523e7505c2ed80fb74a18ef677c43c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
applemacosNot specified—
avanquestexpert_pdf_ultimateNot specified—
avanquestpdf_experte_ultimateNot specified—
foxitsoftwarefoxit_readerNot specified—
gonitronitro_proNot specified—
gonitronitro_readerNot specified—
iskysoftpdf_editor_6Not specified—
iskysoftpdfelement6Not specified—
linuxlinux_kernelNot specified—
microsoftwindowsNot specified—
pdf-xchangepdf-xchange_editorNot specified—
pdfforgepdf_architectNot specified—
qoppapdf_studioNot specified—
qoppapdf_studio_viewer_2018Not specified—
sodapdfsoda_pdfNot specified—
sodapdfsoda_pdf_desktopNot specified—
soft-xpansionperfect_pdf_10Not specified—
soft-xpansionperfect_pdf_readerNot specified—
tracker-softwarepdf-xchange_viewerNot specified—
visagesoftexpert_pdf_readerNot specified—

06 References