CVE-2018-19418
Foxit PDF ActiveX before 5.5.1 allows remote code execution via command injection because of the...
Foxit PDF ActiveX before 5.5.1 allows remote code execution via command injection because of the lack of a security permission control.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Foxit PDF ActiveX before 5.5.1 allows remote code execution via command injection because of the lack of a security permission control.
- Record
CVE-2018-19418- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Foxit PDF ActiveX before 5.5.1 allows remote code execution via command injection because of the lack of a security permission control.
- Record
CVE-2018-19418- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-11110 No score
Foxit PDF ActiveX before 5.5.1 allows remote code execution via command injection because of the lack of a security permission control.
- Record
EUVD-2018-11110- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fp59-hqpm-fm38 No score
Foxit PDF ActiveX before 5.5.1 allows remote code execution via command injection because of the...
Foxit PDF ActiveX before 5.5.1 allows remote code execution via command injection because of the lack of a security permission control.
- Record
GHSA-fp59-hqpm-fm38- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-19418 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Foxitsoftware Pdf Activex, published January 7, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.33%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.