Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE-2018-21243
Summary
An issue was discovered in Foxit PhantomPDF before 8.3.6. It has COM object mishandling when Microsoft Word is used.
- LOW
- NETWORK
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- REQUIRED
- NONE
- NONE
- HIGH
CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with dangerous type
'Unrestricted file upload with dangerous type' attacks involve an attacker uploading or transferring files of dangerous types to the server. The severity of such an attack depends upon the execution mechanism and the storage location of the uploaded file. Thus, it may range from simple defacement to arbitrary file execution, and complete system takeover.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published