Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCraft PDF with malformed PRC 3D header
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DeliveryDeliver file to target via email or web
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ExploitVictim opens PDF in affected Foxit product
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ExecutionParser trusts attacker-controlled array bounds
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PersistOut-of-bounds read triggered
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ImpactApplication crash (DoS) or minor memory disclosure
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a victim to actively open a specially crafted PDF file containing a malicious PRC 3D content section using an affected version of Foxit PDF Reader or Foxit PDF Editor. The CVSS vector (AV:L, UI:R) confirms the attack is file-based and requires active user interaction - the victim must open the file themselves; no network-facing service or background process is involved. No system privileges are required of the attacker (PR:N), meaning any user with the ability to open a file and deliver it to the target can trigger the vulnerability. Exploitation is constrained to hosts where an affected Foxit product version is installed. There is no evidence that default-disabled features or non-standard configurations are required - the PRC parsing path appears to be exercised whenever any PDF containing PRC 3D content is opened. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1 (Medium) is grounded in a local file-based attack vector (AV:L) with mandatory user interaction (UI:R), meaningfully constraining real-world exposure compared to network-reachable vulnerabilities. The primary impact is a reliable application crash (A:H), with a secondary low-confidence memory disclosure (C:L) from the out-of-bounds read. EPSS data was not provided in the available intelligence, and the vulnerability does not appear in CISA KEV, so no confirmed active exploitation or in-the-wild activity can be asserted. No POC code has been identified. The attack surface is limited to desktop workstation sessions where users actively open attacker-supplied PDF files containing malicious PRC 3D content - there is no daemon, network service, or background processing path that could be exploited without user action. Overall prioritization: include in next routine patch cycle for organizations running Foxit products; not an emergency out-of-band response trigger absent KEV or POC signals. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a PDF document containing a PRC 3D model header whose structure description metadata specifies array element counts that do not match the actual allocated buffer size. The file is delivered to a target user via email attachment, a malicious download link, or a shared file repository. When the victim opens the document in an affected version of Foxit PDF Reader or PDF Editor, the PRC header parser reads beyond the array boundary, triggering an application crash and potentially exposing small quantities of heap or stack memory to an attacker who can observe the crash output or memory dump. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 08, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in Foxit PDF Editor and Foxit PDF Reader's PRC 3D file header parser crashes the application and may leak process memory when a victim opens a specially crafted PDF. Affected version ranges span Foxit PDF Reader through 2026.1.1 and multiple Foxit PDF Editor release branches through 13.2.4, 14.0.4, and 2026.1.1. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis; the CVSS availability impact is rated High due to a reliable application crash on trigger, with a minor confidentiality component from out-of-bounds memory exposure.
RemediationAI
The primary remediation is to upgrade Foxit PDF Reader and Foxit PDF Editor to versions that address this bulletin, as specified at https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html - exact patched version numbers must be obtained directly from that advisory, as no fixed release identifier was independently confirmed in the available data. Until patching is complete, organizations should instruct users to avoid opening PDF files from untrusted or unexpected sources, particularly files that may contain embedded 3D PRC content. If Foxit's application settings permit disabling 3D content rendering or PRC model processing, doing so eliminates the vulnerable code path at the cost of losing 3D PDF functionality. Enterprise deployments managed via group policy or Foxit volume licensing should prioritize pushing the updated installer through software distribution channels given the broad affected version range spanning three Editor release branches.
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The affected code handles PRC (Product Representation Compact), a binary 3D model format used to embed rich 3D content inside PDF documents. The PRC header parsing logic trusts file-supplied structure description metadata - specifically array element counts and offsets - without validating whether those indices fall within allocated buffer bounds before dereferencing them. This is a textbook CWE-125 (Out-of-Bounds Read): the parser assumes the constructed file structure accurately describes the underlying array, reads elements at attacker-controlled offsets, and crashes when those offsets exceed the actual allocation. The affected products are identified by CPEs cpe:2.3:a:foxit_software_inc.:foxit_pdf_editor and cpe:2.3:a:foxit_software_inc.:foxit_pdf_reader. The tag 'Buffer Overflow' in source intelligence likely reflects the memory-safety class rather than a write primitive, consistent with CWE-125 and the absence of an integrity impact in the CVSS vector.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
File must be opened by the user (AV:L, UI:R); no attacker privileges required (PR:N); crash gives High availability impact, out-of-bounds read gives Low confidentiality; no integrity or scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (Foxit).
CVSS VectorVendor: Foxit
DescriptionCVE.org
The PRC file header parsing logic trusts the constructed file structure description information, assumes that the underlying array contains elements and reads them, leading to out-of-bounds reads and application crashes.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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