A File Write can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031 when the JavaScript API Doc.ex…

published 2019-06-17 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-11139

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.3%; EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

A File Write can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031 when the JavaScript API Doc.exportAsFDF is used. An attacker can leverage this to gain remote code execution.

Patch / fix

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foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php advisory

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Exploit prediction

2.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

foxitsoftware.com /support/security-bulletins.php
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-19449
NVD CVE-2018-19449

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