01 Record
CVE-2020-8855
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.7.0.2947. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: zdi
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.7.0.2947. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the
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
- 6.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2020-02-13 22:20Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 10:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-02-11
- Assigning CNA
- zdi
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7871393ccc630ebe34a7cc8f70d3a9ab49f21f37f4f116b8bfba029cf4d72e65
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.foxitsoftware.comhttps://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-211/