CVE-2021-31504CWE-822

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OpenText Brava!

High · published August 3, 2021

CVSS v3.0
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
72.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OpenText Brava! Desktop Build 16.6.3.84 (package 16.6.3.134). User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PDF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-12691.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01419 · 72.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-822 · Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Published
2021-08-03T16:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 AUG 16:05Z
    This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OpenText Brava!
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