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TI-2018-13212 Aliases CVE-2018-18689GHSA-wmqc-jfc8-pfm5

The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification does not provide any information…

Priority LOW 30CWE-347Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-347.

Summary

The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification does not provide any information regarding the concrete procedure of how to validate signatures. Consequently, a Signature Wrapping vulnerability exists in multiple products. An attacker can use /ByteRange and xref manipulations that are not detected by the signature-validation logic. This affects Foxit Reader before 9.4 and PhantomPDF before 8.3.9 and 9.x before 9.4. It also affects eXpert PDF 12 Ultimate, Expert PDF Reader, Nitro Pro, Nitro Reader, PDF Architect 6, PDF Editor 6 Pro, PDF Experte 9 Ultimate, PDFelement6 Pro, PDF Studio Viewer 2018, PDF Studio Pro, PDF-XChange Editor and Viewer, Perfect PDF 10 Premium, Perfect PDF Reader, Soda PDF, and Soda PDF Desktop.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03632 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 33

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:avanquest:expert_pdf_ultimate:12.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12.0.20VulnerableAvanquest
cpe:2.3:a:avanquest:pdf_experte_ultimate:9.0.270:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0.270VulnerableAvanquest
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.1.0VulnerableFoxitsoftware
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.2.0.9297:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.2.0.9297VulnerableFoxitsoftware
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.3.0.10826:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.3.0.10826VulnerableFoxitsoftware
cpe:2.3:a:gonitro:nitro_pro:11.0.3.173:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0.3.173VulnerableGonitro
cpe:2.3:a:gonitro:nitro_reader:5.5.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5.9.2VulnerableGonitro
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdf_editor_6:6.4.2.3521:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*6.4.2.3521VulnerableIskysoft
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.8.0.3523:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*6.8.0.3523VulnerableIskysoft
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.8.4.3921:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*6.8.4.3921VulnerableIskysoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:avanquest:expert_pdf_ultimate:12.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0.20 Vulnerable ·Avanquest
  • cpe:2.3:a:avanquest:pdf_experte_ultimate:9.0.270:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0.270 Vulnerable ·Avanquest
  • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.1.0 Vulnerable ·Foxitsoftware
  • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.2.0.9297:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.2.0.9297 Vulnerable ·Foxitsoftware
  • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.3.0.10826:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.3.0.10826 Vulnerable ·Foxitsoftware
  • cpe:2.3:a:gonitro:nitro_pro:11.0.3.173:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0.3.173 Vulnerable ·Gonitro
  • cpe:2.3:a:gonitro:nitro_reader:5.5.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5.9.2 Vulnerable ·Gonitro
  • cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdf_editor_6:6.4.2.3521:*:*:*:professional:*:*:* Versions 6.4.2.3521 Vulnerable ·Iskysoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.8.0.3523:*:*:*:professional:*:*:* Versions 6.8.0.3523 Vulnerable ·Iskysoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.8.4.3921:*:*:*:professional:*:*:* Versions 6.8.4.3921 Vulnerable ·Iskysoft
Show 23 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-xchange_editor:7.0.237.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.237.1VulnerablePDF-XChange
cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-xchange_editor:7.0.326:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.326VulnerablePDF-XChange
cpe:2.3:a:pdfforge:pdf_architect:6.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.37Vulnerablepdfforge
cpe:2.3:a:pdfforge:pdf_architect:6.1.24.1862:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.1.24.1862Vulnerablepdfforge
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio:12.0.7:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*12.0.7VulnerableQoppa
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio_viewer_2018:2018.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2018.0.1VulnerableQoppa
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio_viewer_2018:2018.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2018.2.0VulnerableQoppa
cpe:2.3:a:sodapdf:soda_pdf:9.3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.3.17VulnerableSoda PDF
cpe:2.3:a:sodapdf:soda_pdf_desktop:10.2.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.2.09VulnerableSoda PDF
cpe:2.3:a:sodapdf:soda_pdf_desktop:10.2.16.1217:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.2.16.1217VulnerableSoda PDF
cpe:2.3:a:soft-xpansion:perfect_pdf_10:10.0.0.1:*:*:*:premium:*:*:*10.0.0.1VulnerableSoft-xpansion
cpe:2.3:a:soft-xpansion:perfect_pdf_reader:13.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.0.3VulnerableSoft-xpansion
cpe:2.3:a:soft-xpansion:perfect_pdf_reader:13.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1.5VulnerableSoft-xpansion
cpe:2.3:a:tracker-software:pdf-xchange_viewer:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5VulnerableTracker-software
cpe:2.3:a:visagesoft:expert_pdf_reader:9.0.180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0.180VulnerableVisagesoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.2.0VulnerableFoxitsoftware
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdf_editor_6:6.6.2.3315:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*6.6.2.3315VulnerableIskysoft
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdf_editor_6:6.7.6.3399:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*6.7.6.3399VulnerableIskysoft
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.7.1.3355:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*6.7.1.3355VulnerableIskysoft
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.7.6.3399:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*6.7.6.3399VulnerableIskysoft
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onApple
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onLinux
  • cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-xchange_editor:7.0.237.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.237.1 Vulnerable ·PDF-XChange
  • cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-xchange_editor:7.0.326:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.326 Vulnerable ·PDF-XChange
  • cpe:2.3:a:pdfforge:pdf_architect:6.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.37 Vulnerable ·pdfforge
  • cpe:2.3:a:pdfforge:pdf_architect:6.1.24.1862:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.1.24.1862 Vulnerable ·pdfforge
  • cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio:12.0.7:*:*:*:professional:*:*:* Versions 12.0.7 Vulnerable ·Qoppa
  • cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio_viewer_2018:2018.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2018.0.1 Vulnerable ·Qoppa
  • cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio_viewer_2018:2018.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2018.2.0 Vulnerable ·Qoppa
  • cpe:2.3:a:sodapdf:soda_pdf:9.3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.3.17 Vulnerable ·Soda PDF
  • cpe:2.3:a:sodapdf:soda_pdf_desktop:10.2.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.2.09 Vulnerable ·Soda PDF
  • cpe:2.3:a:sodapdf:soda_pdf_desktop:10.2.16.1217:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.2.16.1217 Vulnerable ·Soda PDF
  • cpe:2.3:a:soft-xpansion:perfect_pdf_10:10.0.0.1:*:*:*:premium:*:*:* Versions 10.0.0.1 Vulnerable ·Soft-xpansion
  • cpe:2.3:a:soft-xpansion:perfect_pdf_reader:13.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.0.3 Vulnerable ·Soft-xpansion
  • cpe:2.3:a:soft-xpansion:perfect_pdf_reader:13.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1.5 Vulnerable ·Soft-xpansion
  • cpe:2.3:a:tracker-software:pdf-xchange_viewer:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5 Vulnerable ·Tracker-software
  • cpe:2.3:a:visagesoft:expert_pdf_reader:9.0.180:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0.180 Vulnerable ·Visagesoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.2.0 Vulnerable ·Foxitsoftware
  • cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdf_editor_6:6.6.2.3315:*:*:*:professional:*:*:* Versions 6.6.2.3315 Vulnerable ·Iskysoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdf_editor_6:6.7.6.3399:*:*:*:professional:*:*:* Versions 6.7.6.3399 Vulnerable ·Iskysoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.7.1.3355:*:*:*:professional:*:*:* Versions 6.7.1.3355 Vulnerable ·Iskysoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.7.6.3399:*:*:*:professional:*:*:* Versions 6.7.6.3399 Vulnerable ·Iskysoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Linux

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-18689
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wmqc-jfc8-pfm5

References

Advisory 4

Sources

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